PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
“Oh
every time it rains
It
rains pennies from heaven
Don’t
you know each cloud contains
Pennies
from heaven
You’ll
find your fortune
Fallin’
all over town
Be
sure that your umbrella is upside down
Traded
them for a package of sunshine and flowers
If
you want the things you love
You
must have showers
So
when you hear it thunder
Don’t
run under a tree
There’ll
be pennies from heaven
For
you and me"
Whether
you’ve heard this from Bing Crosby or Billie Holliday or St. Mary’s Bookstore,
the outcome is always the same... to have "the things you love"!! And that's just what we want you to have; from sunshine and
flowers after the rain, to books and sacramentals on sale from your favorite local
bookstore.
When
my mom moved the store from 6th Avenue downtown to 1909 mid-town, she added a few
members of her Cursillo group to help her. In the 1980s, when discussing a
summer sale, Mimi Heer came up with the idea of “Pennies from
Heaven,” and we’ve used it ever since. The idea is to have tables of overstock
items or slightly defective items and other goodies starting at a penny and going up from there. The sale is truly heavenly
and has been a popular tradition within the bookstore, and with our customers,
for years.
Please
join us as we continue this tradition. We know you will find some true treasures.
