Or the borders of sun-baked pastures, where you’d spend a half hour plucking the fruit of one monster bush, sweating gumdrops while you fought off deer flies with your free hand.

Being the owner of a small bookshop isn’t an easy task these days.

Book Ends in downtown Mansfield could decide by end of the summer to close its doors and the Stoughton Book Shop recently was sold to new owners. On the bright side, Paperback Junction in Easton says they are going strong.

Book Ends owner June Moore said she is considering closing her shop, a fixture on North Main Street for 15 years. Moore took over ownership of the business close to two years ago from Mansfield resident Doreen Tighe, who owned it for a decade.

Unfortunately Borders also opened in the new Mansfield Crossing mall last October.

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a tornado warning in effect until 4:45 p.m. for Central Bristol County in Southeastern Massachusetts and extreme northeastern Kent, Southeastern Providence and Northern Bristol counties in Rhode Island.

Here we are, halfway through the summer, and it’s time to steal away to a quiet place and ask ourselves that crucial question: Am I still having fun?
For most of us, the answer is yes, but a few folks have met with problems that have cast clouds over their days. How have they reacted? They’ve turned for advice to the widely acclaimed expert on human relations, Mr. Knowitall. Let’s dip into his mailbag and see how he has helped them.