Books on First @booksonfirst
Premier bookstore/coffeehouse in the heart of Dixon, IL. Committed to being a great place to visit & community resource for reading, learning & enjoying life booksonfirst.com Dixon, IL Joined July 2009-
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Radio will keep us connected northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023… Wonderful Perspective @WNIJNews , JuanPablo. Best of good luck in your future! Does "sister station in Chicago" mean @WBEZ ? If yes, you'll get to work with @discoverdixon's own @MaryLDixon !
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A couple of people just wanting to hang and sing some songs. We close at 8pm. Come on down!
Sometimes, you just have to go inside. Look what's here @booksonfirst Fruit smoothies, Tools for School, Jim Duis's nature prints, lemon mini-cake, @gianna_pergamo stickers & much, much more
Barbie has never been just a pretty face. bit.ly/3Oa8jYd
So, are we “X” marks the spot now? Come non detto! We are cool regardless of whether we tweet, text, thread or titter! Stay cool with a hot book! (And just in, some incredibly scented candles from @novellyyours made in Illinois!)
Hope you all had a great 4th of July. Sorry we weren’t open for your visit, but you were probably busy doing other fun things, right? We’ll be open as usual tomorrow at 7am. northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023…
Perspective: The jungle of self-delusion @WNIJNews bit.ly/3PimQDs wow!
You gotta read the whole thread. @booksonfirst loves these adorable illustrations. Get your paper one here and visit all of us in the Midwest.
You gotta read the whole thread. @booksonfirst loves these adorable illustrations. Get your paper one here and visit all of us in the Midwest.
Elsie was just yesterday describing @Nachusa Grasslands to visitors. They as well as lots of locals have no idea what a treasure we have, decades in the making. No, Bill, you’re not crazy.
#GordonLightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84 - Thinking of all the great songs he wrote & shared brings back so many memories. Tonight, make new memories hearing Harold Harrison share his @booksonfirst npr.org/2023/05/01/133…
What a cool class with a cool teach & cooler participants!
What a cool class with a cool teach & cooler participants!
Read any good books about us lately? Come in & celebrate #IndependentBookstoreDay with discounts and an entry for each non-cafe purchase >$5 to win a gift cert. Unless you're on a road trip! @Bookshop_Org offers free shipping ALL weekend. bit.ly/3oVN5o4
We will be open on Easter Sunday, 10am - 1pm. Just enough time to get another Chocolate Creme Egg. What makes it special as a latte or as a loaded hot chocolate are the @torani flavours: Dark Chocolate, Salted Egg Yolk & Toasted Marshmallow!
#SeymourStein was an unbeknownst great influence on my young life, also, Madonna (Just the other day, I was singing "People are people..." n.pr/3Ge6fLD
*Since our regular hours are all in daylight now, for all those observant of Ramadan, don't worry, ask for one after 21Apr, and we'll be happy to make a Chocolate Creme Egg latte for you!
Ramadan is happening. Passover is about to start this week. And Lent culiminates into Easter in a week! Do we have a drink for you. As a latte or a hubba-hubba hot chocolate, try the Chocolate Creme Egg. It's too much to describe here. Come in for one soon.*
In case my tweet didn’t go out correctly:
Perspective @WNIJNews : The right to read northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023… Amen. Thank you, Joe, and All Supporters of thoughtful (though maybe controversial) speech.
Perspective @WNIJNews : The right to read northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023… Amen. Thank you, Joe and every supporter of thoughtful speech.
I’m listening @WNIJNews. Right now, Orion Organics Tim Benedict is in the studio. You can pledge a donation and get honey as a gift or come to @booksonfirst; we sell Tim’s bees’ honey! n.pr/3cOwtm9
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