<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Oakridge Harbor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mysteries Await at Oakridge Harbor]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:46:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jtwebster.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Snow Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[We got the first real snow of the year on Thursday, and Jess did a thing I didn't understand until later, which is becoming the pattern of my whole apprenticeship here: she does a thing, I don't get it, and then three hours later I get it and feel like I've learned something they don't teach you anywhere.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/snow-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7c5cb19a-5f43-4758-8062-8c56f814e6e4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sarah Roberts</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Matter of Shelving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harold Ames does not browse. Harold Ames arrives.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/a-matter-of-shelving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f0a5d37b-c08f-44a4-850c-4be9e90b0824</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Lessard's Umbrella]]></title><description><![CDATA[It started raining Wednesday afternoon, the serious kind, the kind that comes straight off the water and means it, and at about half past three Mrs. Lessard came into the store to wait it out.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/mrs-lessards-umbrella</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b24bfe6d-1380-48cf-9fe5-1413118d47ba</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reagan Goes to Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reagan had a job on Friday, and he took it more seriously than I take most of mine.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/reagan-goes-to-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">36910f21-2464-429c-b46d-a6b3206e7847</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Book Nobody Would Buy]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a book that has lived in my front window for eleven months, and I have decided to tell its story before I lose my nerve and mark it down.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-book-nobody-would-buy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">86f7a896-c680-468e-9b1b-20c8788dde13</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beach Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[By the second week of August, I had developed a system for tourists. This is not something Jessica knows about.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-beach-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">77048f74-3118-4318-a9dd-e3278439742b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sarah Roberts</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Recommendation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man came in Saturday and asked me to recommend a book, and I have been thinking about it ever since, because I got it so wrong and then so right that I'm still not sure which part to be proud of.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-recommendation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c78921fe-3237-417b-b746-7a1713a11006</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sarah Roberts</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spider]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am not proud of Wednesday. I'm going to tell it anyway, because a person who only tells the flattering stories is a bore, and because it involves the single most humiliating thing that has happened to me in my own place of business, and those you have to get out in the open before they fester.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-spider</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1f1f5c1f-41f8-4c3f-83d3-330cf40c10d7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wrong Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[A box came Monday with somebody else's books in it.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-wrong-order</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bfe79dc3-9bfe-4f18-b3e8-44c95489c7ab</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ladder]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a light bulb over the history section that has been out since roughly the Truman administration, and on Monday I decided, with the reckless energy of a woman who has had two cups of coffee and no customers, that today was the day.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-ladder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">787b122e-33a6-43b0-a3e4-2eaf701618e4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reagan and the Vacuum]]></title><description><![CDATA[I bought a vacuum cleaner. This is the whole story, more or less, but the whole story turns out to be bigger than the vacuum, the way these things do.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/reagan-and-the-vacuum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b46763-9ea3-4b78-80e0-43715667810f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Warm Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the first warm day of spring, Jess takes the long way home and finds a few quiet hours that belong entirely to her.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/first-warm-day-24902838</link><guid isPermaLink="false">02d36be4-a03d-487d-b1a4-fa0b6a9f1a4f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jess Hollis</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Regular I Never Met]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a woman who comes in every Tuesday and I have never once spoken to her, and Jess says that's exactly right and I should keep it that way, which took me a while to understand.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/the-regular-i-never-met</link><guid isPermaLink="false">174e3469-4712-4908-8596-6bd870664902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sarah Roberts</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closing Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jess left me to close on Friday, which she does now, which still feels like being handed the keys to something I'm not old enough to hold.]]></description><link>https://www.jtwebster.com/post/closing-shift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7e835ca9-4857-4eed-9f96-85fd5835fa26</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sarah Roberts</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>