Need a quick pick-me-up? Here you go:
Mischief reigns in a small Canada community after a kidnapping left a man’s garden vacant of the ten ceramic garden gnomes that resided there.
(Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending.)
I’ve had a soft spot for gnomes ever since my parents gave me a copy of this classic: Gnomes by Wil Huygenn (Rien Poortvliet, ill.)
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Most of my childhood books went by the wayside over the years, but I’ve slowly built my library back up with replicas of my favorites. I’m looking at a new copy of Gnomes on my bookshelf right now.
“Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.”
― Tom Robbins
May you never lose your childhood delights.
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J.R. Johnson 
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