Books came out for last week’s rainy day weekend, as did plans for class and new routine signups (see A Little Beacon Blog’s Classes Guide for ideas). As ALBB finishes Wuthering Heights (can only get through a page a night before falling asleep), the old delicate pages from this 1972 paperback fall out. Katie wondered whether this old copy was worth anything. So she headed over to Noah at Mountain Stream Budo, who, in addition to owning the martial arts studio, is a collector of rare first and limited edition books.

Upon stopping in, we got to see Noah performing a kobudo routine, using one of that art’s weapons. Check this out!

Traditional Okinawan weaponry that Noah arranged in a photo spread. These are used in their Kobudo classes. A Free Trial Class is available for anyone to try.

Find out what Mountain Stream Budo’s kobudo program entails here. And if you need a new copy of Wuthering Heights, or any book, visit Binnacle Books or other independent bookstores from ALBB’s Shopping Guide.

Mountain Stream Budo is a Sponsor of ALBB’s Classes Guide and a Member of A Little Beacon’s Business Blog Squad. 🌟

Located at 340 Main Street, Beacon, NY
(entrance on Eliza Street)

Commuting by train to New York City from Beacon can be a magical time if you’re in the right frame of mind. The fashion and red carpet photographer Jeremy Smith takes photos of Beacon when the mood strikes him when he’s not traveling for a photo-shoot. He occasionally tags A Little Beacon Blog in Instagram during those moments.

What a nice surprise to see this scene of Bannerman Island up in our Stories on Monday morning, when the air was a little warmer than cold in this month of March that has certainly come in like a lion.

Said the couture fashion designer Selma Karaca in ALBB’s IG comments: “Beautiful! I always wanted to make a video of this seen for as long as the train ride to watch everyday. Great one for short movie!❤️”

Watching the new Wuthering Heights movie is really becoming a must.