This past weekend, I had every intention of spending lots of quality time at the Decatur Book Festival here in GA.   I planned to see a reading or two, listen to some live music, and maybe even catch a panel discussion.   None of that happened.  The family did finally make it on Sunday (the last day) after a rain storm that drove most of the exhibitors from the square.  It looked like it may have been a happening fest at some point with beer tents, a wine garden, and food vendors.  We just got there too late.
Nationally known authors that I might have caught: Arianna Huffington, Roy Blount Jr., Edward P. Jones.   I missed John Wesley Harding playing for free in two separate venues.  I did see the Wren’s Nest tent, which featured an elderly African-American gentleman reading aloud from Uncle Remus stories (earlier in the day, apparently, he had been reading under a tree in the grass).  The super left wing earnest people were still in their tent (read Che in the original espanol!). The highlight for us, though, was stumbling across a new kids’ book store just off the square called The Little Shop of Stories, which shares space with a Jake’s Ice Cream. It was big fun for Toddler Cayenne, and it carries enough adult books that I was able to leave with a purchase.   Fun for the whole family.

Little Shop of Stories