I Truly Miss This Store....The Nature Company

I'm sitting here converting cassette LP and one by Govi[Heart of a Gypsy] takes me back to when I used to work at this store, The Nature Company(Oct-Dec 1989). I believe the stores are now The Discovery Stores but the concept and the design of the store was a beautiful experience. Me and the manager did not get along but just being in the store made my time there so pleasant. The people I worked with, the merchandise they had bring tears of joy to my eyes.

They sold everything from telescopes, books on rocks minerals, bird watching, music that would take you to another place and time. This store in all honesty did more for my self esteem than anything else. It made me realize that just because I was African-American and I enjoyed science that I was not "weird". It made me realize that just because I enjoyed some classical music, jazz music, instrumental music, new age music I was not "strange"...this store opened up a world for me and made me truly begin to love myself and to let me know, "I was not the one the problem...the people I grew up with in my small town had the problem." This is where I met a woman that brought out the true love in me. She let me know that I was handsome, attractive, and my taste in film, music, culture was a blessing and not a curse. (and this was the first woman that ever sent me plain tickets to come and visit her, talk about a boost to the ol' self-esteem...WOW!!!) We fell apart after 6 months but that time made me realize that I couldn't keep painting myself as the "victim" any more and that it was time to realize that life is not fair. All of this from working from this one store.

*the james taylor songs were out before the nature company store were built but his songs fits right in with the feel of these beautiful store.

When you went into these stores, you truly felt you were in a nature surrounding...I miss these stores dearly.