Spirit of Place: Great Blue Heron

Out of their loneliness for each other
two reeds, or maybe two shadows, lurch
forward and become suddenly a life
lifted from dawn or the rain. It is
the wilderness come back again, a lagoon
with our city reflected in its eye.
We live by faith in such presences.

It is a test for us, that thin
but real, undulating figure that promises,
"If you keep faith I will exist
at the edge, where your vision joins
the sunlight and the rain: heads in the light,
feet that go down in the mud where the truth is."

~ William Stafford ~

Broad Brook Books & Stuff

Books and Stuff for Broad Brook (and everybody else)

Welcome to the evolving electronic home of

Broad Brook Books & Stuff.

Broad Brook Books & Stuff

P.O. Box 371

100 Main St.

Broad Brook Ct. 06016

Our Address:

Phone: (860) 623-5100

E-mail: info@broadbrookbooks.com

Now Available: The 10th

anniversary issue of

Freshwater, co-edited

by me (Chris) includes

new poems by Rennie

McQuilkin, Margaret

Gibson, Sophie Cabot

Black, Ellen Dore

Watson as well as

myself and many other

fine local and

international poets.

In an uncertain economy, the standard entertainment can be a drain on our income as well as our security. But books already read and enjoyed are an inexpensive, enriching and green alternative to movies or video games.

So feel free to come by and browse, read, chat or just watch our resident great blue snatch trout from the brook.

Chris & Beth

With Whatever is New :

Freshwater 10th anniversary edition is now available in our store.

New site with searchable inventory coming soon.