Lea Bickerton 
(updated 7/2023) One of the principles I stick to as a parent is that it’s not my responsibility to entertain a child or save them from boredom. I will, however, take them places for fun and adventures. Here in the North Hills, we have libraries, indoor amusement centers, carpet slide parks, miniature golf spots, and … Read more
If you follow me or The Tiny Bookstore on social media, you may have noticed that I like and share posts by local libraries. A follower who was curious and amused by a bookstore promoting libraries asked me why I was sharing content from my competitor. The answer is pretty straightforward: I don’t see the … Read more
A little known fact about me is that I love old movies. When I saw that Ethan Hawke directed and released “The Last Movie Stars,” a six-part documentary on the lives and love of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, I was immediately sold. And I binge watched the whole thing. At the beginning of the … Read more
Welcome to the Reasonable Minds podcast. We’ll be talking about news and ideas. And we’re going to do that with an open mind.
After many years of watching Bill homebrew, I’ve decided to get out of my comfort zone and try homebrewing on Learn to Homebrew Day. To try to get ready, I started looking through “How to Brew” by John Palmer. I was flipping through the book to get an idea of what the nuts and bolts … Read more
On Monday, SEPTA’s police chief made a stunning and scathing announcement: That a train full of people witnessed a sexual assault, didn’t intervene, didn’t call 9-1-1, and some filmed instead of helping. This all seemed like the Kitty Genovese story that many of us have read about. The Kitty Genovese story Here is how The … Read more
The Tiny Bookstore Fall Reading Challenge We’ve created another low-pressure, high-fun seasonal reading challenge! We’d love to see how everyone is doing with it, so be sure to tag us (@tinybookspgh) in your challenge posts on social media! 1 Special Events Middle-Grades and YA Author Paula Chase will be joining us for a livestream on … Read more
In the first expansion to our roster of homebrewing supplies, we’re proud to announce that we’re now carrying products from Omega Yeast Labs. Right now, we have several pouches of their new dried Lutra Kveik on hand. Lutra is an Omega exclusive yeast that’s described as being “clean, crisp, dry, grainy, and ‘lemony dough.’” Since … Read more
About Curbside Pickup The option for new curbside pickup orders is now coming back September 17th. About Holiday Shopping So, it looks like we’re supposed to expect supply chain disruptions and shipping issues again this year. Without any further ado, here are our ordering deadlines for the 2021 holiday season: Media Mail: Wednesday, November 24th … Read more
Because I have a very strange definition of “vacation,” I’m still working on reviewing books. But, my inability to win the battle over FOMO worked out for “Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School” by Courtney E. Martin. I’m not going to lie: I was struggling with this book … Read more