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Special orders, cultural events, art gallery, kids’ area, comfy chairs, coffee, Steinway Grand Piano, free WiFi, Mr. Oscar Wilde & Grrrtrude Stein (Bookstore Cats)! Thou Shalt ReadOutside walking, I couldn’t help but to feel the lights calling, and beckoning me in off the streets. Like Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but rather in Madison Historic District, I swung in off Main Street to explore. As I investigated, I found books. Lots of books! However I wasn’t just looking for any chalice that looked fit for a king, for I knew looks could deceive. |
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I was looking for a special cup, I admit not entirely like or unlike my sippy cup, but nevertheless one which might not look so special to others, for it’s old worn torn covers. One out of the many, which I knew held the stuff, the stuff of ever lasting life. Of course I speak of the old magic in books, where in a story we never grow old or die. One for which I might discover, and drink it up, passionately, not unlike a lover. Stairway to Heaven?When you step inside, and start to look around, eventually you’ll notice and start to wonder. What is up there? All you can see is the light at the end of the tunnel, up there so high at the top. I dare you, I challenge you, to try, until you make it all the way up, don’t stop. Scale that mountain and see therein what you’ll discover.
Some of the things you can’t miss: Book display cases,
left and right, and book table in the center, with a nice christmas bear on top. |
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The Matrix or Inception, have nothing on books. What many people don’t understand is that half of what’s in a book, is not on the pages, but rather in the audience who reads the book. With each story there are a million fold possibilities beyond the what’s written by the author, just waiting for you to explore with your creativity. What makes all the difference, is not just the words on a page, but the possibilities of your imagination, as the reader, as the audience, that can take you from the one page to a magic land of a million dreams! Secret Places,
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CoffeeCoffee, tea, or hot water, is available just outside the entrance to the Mark Twain room, just past the secret place, on the right.
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Mark Twain
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One can’t have perspective based on only the recent
state of things, which is more often then not, not the place where we want to stay, but rather the place we want to move forward away from,
and beyond. Steinway Grand PianoThe book shelves go very high, however I wouldn’t use the ladder without permission. Bookstores and libraries are typically quiet places. So, please don’t play the piano without permission. |
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Mark Twain RoomWe do well to remember and honor great ideas! Keep the
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In this picture, looking down the stairs, I find myself thinking about the sounds of the street and the feeling of pavement, while walking under my feet. I realized this door has magical powers, and I begged them, please, please, don’t take me away, but rather let me stay. If just another hour if not another day, for in this magic place, all I wanted was to stay. Let us not end play time this day, for we shall be brave and tomorrow’s may never come, so we band and fight together again, come sun shine or rain, the Village Lights shall remain! "Magic Land of
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Sometimes people think Madison Historic District, also known as Historic Madison, is located in Milton Kentucky, but we are actually located just 1 mile north in Downtown Madison Indiana, across the Harrison Bridge on the north side of the Ohio River. |
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Coming Soon! Note that the opinions, ideas, or statements found on this site are not necessarily the opinions or views of any the shop owners, operators, principals, or other interested parties. The opinions, ideas, and views found here are entirely third party opinions about what we have found, discovered, or outright made up just for fun, about the shopping district and area in general here in Indiana’s own Madison Historic District. To comment see the link entitled "corrections and requests" above. |
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