No,no I'm Okay, I totally got this.

I think this is how the economy has a lot of people feeling. They struggle and struggle, think they have found their way through only to receive a final hit they can't survive. In our town Borders Books announced it is closing. I was very sad for several reasons. One, my book was on their shelves but more importantly I love book stores and having it close, having another empty building in town is just sad.

Shopping local is important to our household. We go out of our way to give our money to Alaskans. True, Borders was a big corporate box store but they did employ a lot of Alaskans. They had a nice coffee shop where musicians would come to play. I found a musician at that very spot that I still hire to this day. They regularly hung art from the Anchorage Watercolor Society and had local author book signings.

The Internet is wonderful, it's true but I think we are realizing it's power for evil. Why drive to my local book store when I can click from my computer and order it from Amazon.com? There are lots of reasons why. I hope we all start to realize that....and soon.