I am comforted. At least, I suppose that’s how I should feel after eating comfort food. After whipping up some mashed taters, I treated myself to a cupful.

When you work alone, you may find yourself doing knucklehead things like preparing enough mashed potatoes for an army on a snow day that is liable to scare off any hint of lunchtime business. There was no one else here to say, Hey! That’s a lot of potatoes. Maybe you want to scale back a little.

By myself in the shop, I can sample my finished product and render my verdict.

Me, spoon in hand: Mmmm. That’s a tasty potato.

As you know, things are a little more casual when talking to yourself, and that may be much the case today due to the snow. It is midmorning and still the snow is falling heavily here in Broken Arrow. It makes me think of that grand snowfall we had a few years ago, when the drifts were deep enough to stop my car in the parking lot.

In my seven years on Main Street, that was the only day I failed to sell a book. Being an optimist, I assumed someone out there would have a book emergency and I wanted to be ready to handle it. After several hours organizing and tidying up, I locked up and worked to get the car unstuck.

This morning, I snapped a couple of shots of the storefront. One was a few minutes after the snow began in earnest and was already obscuring the lettering on the awning. Later, it was coming down hard enough that I didn’t want to venture back out.

Can you tell in the front door image what is wrong?

Hint: Click on the image for a larger view, then look at the letters on the bank’s front wall. Compare them with the lettering on the bookstore’s front door lettering.

Naturally, I’m going to flip the picture to my own advantage!

Happy Snow Day, and I hope you have your own cup of comfort food to fall back on!

McHuston Booksellers in the Rose District
122 South Main Street, Broken Arrow, OK

Ready for all snow book emergencies!

MASHED POTATO UPDATE: It turned out to be a Shepherd’s Pie kind of day, and that mountain of spuds is gone!