St. Rita's Amazing Traveling Bookstore
@stritasbooks.bsky.social
A bookstore that plies the US selling great used books and encouraging serious conversations. https://travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/
Back from a trip to Montana. Enjoyed the time there - so much to consider. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/a...
A very large book club
Rita, Peggy Jane, Petie For the past few weeks, I’ve been in northwest Montana visiting friends. This is where the traveling bookstore began more than eleven years ago. This is where I lived …
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November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Back from a trip to Montana. Enjoyed the time there - so much to consider. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/a...
I tend to dither about posting here. So much going wrong in the country and world, and I keep doing the traveling bookstore thinking maybe some will read a book or have a conversation or get an idea that will help turn the tide. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com
Amazing Traveling Bookstore
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November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I tend to dither about posting here. So much going wrong in the country and world, and I keep doing the traveling bookstore thinking maybe some will read a book or have a conversation or get an idea that will help turn the tide. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com
Did you know there was a video game about a traveling bookstore? That was today’s surprise for me. Just another wonder when set up at the Overlea farmers market.
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did you know there was a video game about a traveling bookstore? That was today’s surprise for me. Just another wonder when set up at the Overlea farmers market.
travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a... thoughts from this morning before I looked at the news.
All things print
When Thomas Little gave a presentation in Baltimore this summer, he spoke about the importance of ink. How everyday we use ink whether we are reading something physically printed like a book or new…
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October 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a... thoughts from this morning before I looked at the news.
So glad over 7 million took to the streets. But obviously we still need more.
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So glad over 7 million took to the streets. But obviously we still need more.
Passing on skills to younger generations. Essential for both the skills and the conversations that happen in the process.
October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Passing on skills to younger generations. Essential for both the skills and the conversations that happen in the process.
Maryland Humanities’ One Maryland One Book has “Kin: Rooted in Hope” as the 2025 selection. Great choice! Has so many people discussing the ideas and history. Get a copy. #mdhumanities #OMOB
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Maryland Humanities’ One Maryland One Book has “Kin: Rooted in Hope” as the 2025 selection. Great choice! Has so many people discussing the ideas and history. Get a copy. #mdhumanities #OMOB
Wednesday during rush hour, no one is taking a nap. Instead we are out on the streets protesting. #baltimore
October 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wednesday during rush hour, no one is taking a nap. Instead we are out on the streets protesting. #baltimore
I want to think children reading holds hope for the future.
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I want to think children reading holds hope for the future.
Updates on events and other parts.
Times shift
It is one of those mornings when I could write pages about the traveling bookstore and life, but I will try to keep it contained. Let’s start with upcoming bookstore events: Tuesday, Septembe…
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September 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Updates on events and other parts.
Lots happening with the traveling bookstore. Fortunately a Portland friend came to visit. We experienced the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and American Visionary Art museum. Protested with a Wednesday group. Made turmeric anthotypes. Photo of part of that process.
September 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Lots happening with the traveling bookstore. Fortunately a Portland friend came to visit. We experienced the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and American Visionary Art museum. Protested with a Wednesday group. Made turmeric anthotypes. Photo of part of that process.
More from a traveling bookstore owner/operator.
September happenings
The month is starting with a bang as the weather is lovely and perhaps schools back in session encourage people to think more about books. Upcoming traveling bookstore events in the next few weeks …
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September 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
More from a traveling bookstore owner/operator.
Update from Baltimore where thankfully we don’t have troops at the moment.
Anthotype
Let’s start with a summary of upcoming bookstore events so you don’t miss out. I imagine you might need more books by this point in the summer, and we all could use some good conversati…
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August 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Update from Baltimore where thankfully we don’t have troops at the moment.
With all the hard things happening, a joy to attend a naturalization ceremony. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/s...
So many stories
I suppose it is no surprise I am completely enamored with stories. Not only do I have a traveling bookstore that contains volumes of stories (plus all the other ones sitting in boxes and shelves in…
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August 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
With all the hard things happening, a joy to attend a naturalization ceremony. travelingbookstore.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/s...
All sorts of ways to help- like encouraging people to read with their kids, or grandkids, or neighbor kids.
Why do you keep doing it?
Brooklyn Book Festival, 2016 I often get asked this question after someone has asked me how long I’ve been doing the traveling bookstore. It has been on the road eleven years now. I keep doin…
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July 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
All sorts of ways to help- like encouraging people to read with their kids, or grandkids, or neighbor kids.
How can we possibly think about it all? Politics democracy Gaza art healthcare SNAP Ukraine literacy climate
#art #hope
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#art #hope
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July 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How can we possibly think about it all? Politics democracy Gaza art healthcare SNAP Ukraine literacy climate
#art #hope
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#art #hope
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A hard day with that bill passing. We won’t give up. We won’t step back.
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A hard day with that bill passing. We won’t give up. We won’t step back.
July is International zine month and the traveling bookstore now officially carries zines. Check it out along with awesome used books, ink made from guns and bookstore swag. Setting up July 5 from 8:30-12:30 at Overlea Farmers Market in Baltimore.
July 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
July is International zine month and the traveling bookstore now officially carries zines. Check it out along with awesome used books, ink made from guns and bookstore swag. Setting up July 5 from 8:30-12:30 at Overlea Farmers Market in Baltimore.
There’s always a story. Hopefully we remember the valuable ones.
Sweltering
Being based out of Baltimore now gives me opportunities to expand my weather-related vocabulary. When I lived in northwest Montana, if I wrote about the weather, it often described the depths of wi…
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June 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
There’s always a story. Hopefully we remember the valuable ones.
Part of letterpress print show going up at @redemmas.org August 6 in Baltimore. Will hang for a month. Check it out. @redemmas.org is a great bookstore/cafe so stop by. Opening for show is 8/6 from 5-7pm.
June 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Part of letterpress print show going up at @redemmas.org August 6 in Baltimore. Will hang for a month. Check it out. @redemmas.org is a great bookstore/cafe so stop by. Opening for show is 8/6 from 5-7pm.
A Sunday to reflect.
Power of people
Baltimore, Maryland June 14, 2025 June 14th was a remarkable day as millions of people across the US and other countries took a stand with their bodies and signs and voices and feet and filled the …
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June 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A Sunday to reflect.
So glad to be in Baltimore and see this protest filled with hope, concern and so many people!
June 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
So glad to be in Baltimore and see this protest filled with hope, concern and so many people!
Literature and letterpress. Margaret Atwood and provisional press.
June 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Literature and letterpress. Margaret Atwood and provisional press.
If you need a break to smile even briefly, letterpress print on bubblewrap and listen to the sounds.
May 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If you need a break to smile even briefly, letterpress print on bubblewrap and listen to the sounds.