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New England's General Stores
New England's General Stores: Exploring an American Classic | Ted Reinstein
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Explore the fabric of America over hot coffee and penny candy. Step through the wooden doors of a New England general store and step back in time, into a Norman Rockwell painting and into the heart of America. New England’s General Stores offers a nostalgic picture of this colonial staple and, fortunately, steadfast institution of small towns from Connecticut to Maine. This is where children of each generation take their first allowance to buy their very own penny candy. Locals have swapped stories at these counters from gossip to whispers of revolution. In tough times, the general store treated customers like family, extending credit when no one else would. Stubborn as New Englanders themselves, the general store has refused to become a mere sentimental relic of an earlier age.
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saguarosally
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I just went to my first #SilentBookClub in a few years tonight. In every other book club I‘ve done the average age of participants is usually 55-70. This one was probably 23 or so. In my early forties there‘s no doubt I was by far the oldest. Also they did a lot of let‘s talk about our books before and after. I caught quite a few people recoiling at the idea. Might be some shy introverts at a silent book club. #introvert #bookclub

Bklover How does a silent book club work? 4y
saguarosally @Bklover It‘s silent and you read your books. 🙂 4y
Bklover Snacks maybe???? 4y
saguarosally @Bklover The ones I have been to have been at bookstore‘s with cafés so you just order whatever you want. The first ones I went to a few years ago skewed much older and much quieter, and the one I went to tonight was much younger and more talkative. 4y
Bklover Sometimes it‘s just nice to be around people who read. I spend lots of time in bookstore cafes. 😊 4y
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An interesting look at general stores. Focuses more on the current versions of the stores while I was looking for more of the history aspect.

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