On Friday when I was checking to see if Cedar Key had added any new vegetarian restaurants to their tiny town, I stumbled upon the Curmudgeonalia website and blog. I think all bookstores ought to be blogging, don’t you?
So when TW said to me very late on Friday night, “You didn’t pack many books this time” I knew we were going to be book shopping at Curmudgeonalia the next day.
The first thing you should know about the Curmudgeon is that he does look very much like the cute little Curmudgeon on the website and he acts pretty curmudgeonly too, in the nice way that curmudgeons are. Quirky, outspoken, cranky but interesting sorts of people. Only interesting people should own bookstores, that should be a law.
The next thing you should know is that the Curmudgeonalia store is a tiny little thing with an interesting array of books. There was a nice selection of books about Florida, nice selection of young adult books. The young children’s selection was a little weak, in my humble opinion, but since I didn’t have any young children with me I didn’t particularly mind that.
The Curmudgeon offers internet access on one of his computers and it’s a wee bit pricey though he has a nice note on his computer telling you how much you’d pay for the service at an airport (apparently he hasn’t heard about all the folks grabbing free wifi in airports lately). It’s a nice service because there simply was no connection to be had on the island and there was a moment when I thought I might avail myself of it to email my kids because my cell phone also wasn’t working. But, I resisted spending the $10 and we bought books instead. 😉
TW bought “The Passionate Vegetarian” and the Curmudgeon told us all about the author’s days as a strung out hippy in Haight Asbury and how she’s made a gazillion dollars with a hotel and B&B in Arkansas and how interesting she is because he’s met her a few times. TW also bought “How We Eat” which is going to provide me with all sorts of inspiration for work. I bought “Tellable Cracker Tales” and “Florida’s Fabulous Natural Places” for the kids. I wonder if I can convince the kids to “retell” these Cracker Tales in a podcast…. I bet RJ would do it!
If you find yourself in Cedar Key, Florida then you must check out Curmudgeonalia and the Curmudgeon who runs the place. I bet you will find it as interesting as we did.
Just ran into your most welcome comments on the net. I can’t thank you enough. Sometime in the next several months (or so–I’m on Cedar Key so’s not to have to work too hard) I plan to get my website up to speed and offer a serious selection of Florida books on-line.
thanks again.
Dick
LOL @ not having to work so hard – that’s why we visit Cedar Key, to not work so hard!
We’ll be back again soon, I am sure.