Congratulations to Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, Wash., which has begun celebrating its 25th anniversary. Through the end of the month, the store is offering customers a (cosmic) crisp, locally grown apple from Johnson Orchards and 25% off of adult & children's classics at the register as well as a special surprise for in-store shoppers on September 20 and 21.
Owner Susan Richmond remembered: "In the summer and fall of 2000, so many people helped us get ready to open Inklings. We applied for a business license, applied stain to the very same shelves we are using today, took book recommendations from reader friends for our opening order, and researched gift companies. Nerves were a little twitchy that morning of September 18th. We had done the work, but would anyone come? Well, they did. And you are still coming. One of the first comments from a customer when they came through the door was, 'This is a Seattle-kind of place!' A tremendous compliment. Thank you, faithful customers, for our first 25 years."