Empty Newsstand

Did Harry Potter croak?

I’ve been navigating around hundreds of people at our little local bookstore trying to get my hands on the August issue of Northern Virginia magazine. Given the craze, the bookstore has been way too busy to stock their newsstand. I saw the boxes of magazines sitting on the floor and at one point even inquired about digging through publications myself, but nope. This morning I finally caved and drove to a big ol’ Barnes & Noble to buy it. Last spring I had a blast visiting family farms here in Virginia (this free-range meat farm and this sustainably-grown vegetable farm). My article “Livin’ La Vida Local” talks about the business of farming, old-school wisdom, and CSA subscriptions. In another life I seriously think I could’ve raised chickens. Fun fun.

Anyway, I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter books. I think I only want one go around with that series so I figured I’d wait until I have kids and read the books to them. But I am curious to know if Harry kicked the bucket.