That was a blast: just finished reading the article after a neighbor handed me her September 23 edition of *The New Yorker*. If anyone wants the print version, send me a PM, and I'll send it your way.
--Huston Lexington, KY On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 2:54:39 PM UTC-4 Tom Goodmann wrote: > Wonderful story, Leah! Thank you; you’re a very good storyteller, you > know. I never miss visiting that shop when I’m in Kalamazoo. > > Tom > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 2:10 PM JAS <swanso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What a great article about Dean and her shop. She is a positive force in >> the community with her work to improve access to the downtown area and her >> life-long passion for the printed word; a person I would like to meet. >> You're lucky to have found her and I hope you go often to buy her wares. >> Thanks so much for sharing, Leah! >> >> Can you make her an honorary RivSister? >> >> --Joyce >> >> On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 8:45:27 AM UTC-7 Richard Rose wrote: >> >>> Simply fantastic! >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Sep 27, 2024, at 4:20 PM, Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Rich, that darling woman is almost too good to be a real life person. I >>> found an article about her…She’s even better than I thought! >>> [image: new_1805.jpg] >>> >>> Extra! Extra! Michigan News, area's oldest 'newsstand,' still standing >>> amid changing times >>> <https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Extra-Extra-Michigan-News-area-oldest-newsstand-still-standing.082423.aspx> >>> secondwavemedia.com >>> <https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Extra-Extra-Michigan-News-area-oldest-newsstand-still-standing.082423.aspx> >>> >>> <https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Extra-Extra-Michigan-News-area-oldest-newsstand-still-standing.082423.aspx> >>> >>> I should ride back to her store and ask her if she’s getting a Platypus >>> yet. She’ll have to wait though, because Riv just pre-sold their entire >>> shipment in under an hour this afternoon! >>> >>> On Sep 27, 2024, at 3:59 PM, R Shannon <rshann...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Leah, your story just made my day. What a nice follow up to your >>> appearance in the New Yorker. Congratulations on joining the Famous Friends >>> wall! The people you meet and the places a bicycle can take you! >>> Note: Dean should be an honorary Riv Sister. >>> >>> Best, >>> Rich in ATL >>> >>> On Sep 27, 2024, at 3:37 PM, Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I simply have to tell you about my experience buying this issue of The >>> New Yorker. I’d been waiting and waiting to get the print copy and rumor >>> was, it would be in today. I had ridden my mermaid Platy downtown, and >>> after coffee, I searched for a bookstore. I decided on this place, which I >>> always saw in passing but had never entered: >>> >>> <image0.jpeg> >>> >>> <image1.jpeg> >>> I went in, and a woman named Dean, age 77, stood behind the counter. >>> >>> “Do you sell The New Yorker?” I asked. >>> >>> “Yes, of course I do!” she crowed, with more exuberance than I was >>> expecting. >>> >>> I grabbed the magazine, put it on the counter and sheepishly told her, >>> “I want to open it right here and look at it…because I’m in it.” >>> >>> Every synapse in that woman’s brain lit up. “You ARE? WHERE?!” I had 5 >>> copies on the counter and she began scanning the article. >>> >>> It is much longer in print than I anticipated and as we combed the text, >>> I struggled to find my tiny part in it. I said something in exasperation >>> and Dean said confidently, “It’s alright; you’re at Michigan News.” She >>> pulled out a monocle. >>> >>> She found my name before I did, grabbed a black pen and she drew a big >>> arrow to my name. I was taken aback that she marked up my magazine, but >>> thought it impolite to say so. Reading my mind she looked me full on with >>> her sharp and sparkling eyes and said, “Now, this is MY copy. I’m going to >>> buy it myself and put on my Famous Friends wall. People love the Famous >>> Friends wall. They even bring their friends to show them when they make it >>> on my wall. It warms my heart.” >>> >>> I said, “I’m going to buy 5 copies of this magazine and gift you this >>> one for your Famous Friends wall.” She lit up like a Christmas tree. >>> >>> “You’ll sign this,” she directed. “Everyone on my Famous Friends wall >>> has to sign.” >>> >>> I explained that I’ve only lived in her fair state for 2 years, took her >>> pen and signed, Leah Peterson, Michigander-In-Training. >>> >>> I handed her my card and she said, “No, I don’t touch the cards. That’s >>> the only way to keep them secure, you see, is if I don’t touch it.” I was >>> starting to get a sense of who this woman is. I looked up and saw - I’m not >>> joking - hand-written lists of bestsellers on the shop walls. Like you’d >>> see at Rivendell Bicycle Works. >>> >>> I looked at her Famous Friends wall. She had local authors and regular >>> people like me, who were mentioned in articles. She was in at least two >>> articles on the wall. It looked like a bulletin board from my elementary >>> school days. I was thoroughly charmed. >>> >>> She went on to tell me, “The New Yorker is my favorite magazine. And do >>> you know that they are the only magazine to pay poets for their poems? They >>> are. It is a tragedy that people are going to the internet to get their >>> news. I make 6% on newspapers. The money is in paperbacks. I make 40% on >>> paperbacks. I am a second generation store owner. I own the store and I own >>> the building.” >>> >>> I told her, Grant Petersen, the man the article is about, has a lot in >>> common with you. I hope you read that article; I think you’ll really love >>> that man.” >>> >>> “It’s not every day I meet someone famous,” she called out as I left. I >>> assured her I’m nobody, but I was so glad to meet her and I will be back to >>> her shop. >>> >>> I rode off on my Platypus, not believing this encounter. I love the >>> Michiganders. >>> Leah >>> <image0.jpeg> >>> <image1.jpeg> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 22, 2024, at 7:46 AM, Brian Turner <brok...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> If that happens, I’m guessing that could eventually mean more options >>> for the rest of us on the secondary market! >>> >>> Brian >>> Lex KY >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 5:12 AM Feldspar Palimpsest < >>> michaelj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Great piece. 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