My Happy Place Among the Stacks of Books

Chasing the chapters of cherished memories

Photo by Gaelle Marcel on Unsplash

My happy place is among the stacks of books, at a bookstore, the local library, or my little library at home.

My earliest memories are of going to the public library in St. Paul with my mother. She would tell me stories about her first job at the downtown St. Paul library. It was her dream job, she…