Milling Around



The Book Mill, Montague, MA



I love Saturday adventures! Yesterday I finally was able to spend some time with my friend Sarah who I have been missing a great deal and we headed off to find some "books you don't need in a place you can't find". Actually, the place was easy to find since we've both been there before and you pretty much follow Rt 47 straight there, but...details. The Book Mill in Montague is always a fun place to spend some nice time breathing in the smell of books. The Mill has winding and twisting stairs, hidden chairs all around in it's little rooms, basically a reader's heaven. Even the bathroom is fascinating as it's walls are covered in old posters, postcards, and letters...it's a wonder anyone ever goes in there quickly! If you are teachers like Sarah and I, the children's section holds a special joy. Here are some new treasures for my classroom...

The Mill also has a cafe attached to it called the Lady Killigrew. I was excited to spend some time in it since the views from the cafe overlook the river and we just had some freshly fallen snow. However, there wasn't a seat in the place to be found that wasn't occupied, so we stepped outside to admire the view and headed in the car to find a different off-the-beaten path cafe.



Sarah, outside the very busy Lady Killigrew



We followed Rt 63 into Amherst and stopped at Cushman's Market and Cafe. They have a wonderful little store full of trinkets and fun specialty foods and in the back is a beautifully painted and fun cafe. And....they had gluten-free, vegan chocolate raspberry cupcakes. I mean...good friends, books, gf vegan cupcakes...could a girl ask for more? Sarah was excited too as she found they were still serving pumpkin lattes, her all time favorite. All in all, it was a beautful snowy Saturday, filled with happy thoughts and happy times.



GF Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake

Sarah's Pumpkin Latte and Yummy Nut Bar