Sorry I missed my post yesterday. I was afraid that would happen. I was at the Dover Public Library in Dover, Pa. and they closed on me. Evidently, they close at 1 p.m. on Friday.

Today I’m posting from The Emporium in York, Pa. The reason I’m in York today is because it’s YorkFest, the annual arts festival the city sponsors every year. I and a few other poets in this area are performing a one-act play at 2 p.m. I had to come in this morning at 10 a.m. for a dress rehearsal. That meant I would be here all day and since I had work related to my Internet and freelance writing businesses that I’d have to find a hot spot to log on and work through. I found it at The Emporium.

I’ve written about The Emporium before. The bookstore, an independent, is sponsoring a writing contest and I promoted that contest in a blog post. Jim Lewin, the owner, told me that he was getting quite a response from that post. Some other bloggers, evidently, have picked up on the post and promoted it as well. Thank you to everyone who has followed up and spread the word. That helps build my relationship with local merchants that I like.

Jim also sponsored Horrible Saturday, in which I participated and rendered a dramatic reading of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. Peruse his website and you’ll see he frequently has specials and promotions that he runs like that. I’d like some of you to enter his contest and have a good time. Well, here’s till the next post ….