"Intangibles"

Last week a pair of old, quality scissors arrived from Practical Goods in St. Paul. Some of you may remember my praise of Wendi Ward's store some time back; in fact, some of you have commented on visiting there, and how pleased you were with what you found. I will not repeat the story, but hope you look up Wendi and her place, or revisit there when you can. Because of the "difficulties in the marketplace" (my words) she will be having a 20% off sale in the next few months. Please avail yourself. What follows are sentences from a manifesto of sorts from her called "About Those "Intangibles":

" -- We pay both property and sale taxes, unlike some charities, cyber businesses, etc. We

invite you to consider what this does for the community's "tax base."

-- We reuse and recycle locally.

-- We keep local money here in our community,

-- We don't push over consumption, or over packaging.

-- We don't push credit cards, debt slavery or high tech invasion of customer privacy.

-- We don't "feed" big banks or big shipping companies, and our prices will spare you that,

too. (Those guys have plenty already.)

-- We have a potty, and you can use it.

-- We don't condone or profit from exploitation of workers here or abroad.

SOUND GOOD? SHOP HERE. "

Carry on, Wendi Ward. at 1561 Randolph (near Snelling) - phone: 651 - 690 - 1122