Dear Mr. McCormick: 
Two summers ago I visited your store and you helped me find information on my father, who grew up in Greenville during the 20s and 30s.  I remember my visit and your hospitality very fondly.  This morning I knocked my Greenville Writers Coffee Mug off of my workbench and broke it.  How can I go about ordering a replacement from you?  It has been my favorite mug since my visit to Greenville. ------Thank you, R T

Mary Dayle -- I thought you might enjoy seeing some photos of a "Delta" luncheon I gave for the ladies in my exercise class.  A little bit of home far away.  Sunshine is not a normal thing in Belgium, so we were all happy. On the left is black-eyed pea salad with Italian dressing and on the right is chicken salad. The aspic came from Martha Stamps'  The New Southern Basics.  The eggs were made with Vidalia Onion Dressing from The Crown.

Hope you, Hugh, the puppies, kitties, and book sales are all well. -----M F
 

Loved the last [news]letter, and great letter about the kindle, and I know that you both will outlive me and for God's sake keep that incredibly wondrous store open. 
Thank you both for the wonderful effort you put into every signing,  all the features in the newsletter, the "treasure box" of Greenville's history in the back, not to mention the great pictures of writers, and the fun jewelry... even the great sarcastic wit from you know who. 
McCormick's has been a treasure in my life for 50 years, and thank you for being there.   --Love, J
 

I have just explored your wonderful web site! I do miss the people in the Delta. I will see you at the Oxford Book Conference, if you attend.  --A

I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed visiting your book store last Monday. I am the person from LA who can't wait to return to your store. Please place me on your newsletter list.  

Good afternoon!

Please, PLEASE tell me y'all still have some of your lovely brown
water available for purchase! Please!!

Wow, that sounded a bit more desperate than I had intended. Oh, well. :)

While I fully intend to make the trek to visit your fine establishment
as soon as I can devote a weekend to the journey (four hours both ways is a bit much for a single day!), I would love to order some of your water for my own pleasure and that of my fellow aspiring writer.

Just say the word, and I'll call on my next break with Visa card in
hand. Thanks in advance!

Blessings,
E

I've always loved McCormick Book Inn, my first book seller from my teen years -- and I enjoy the welcoming ambiance of the circle of chairs around the hearth and table -- have been to a lot of bookstores lately, but yours is the most inviting.

All the best,
K

If you maintain an e-mail distribution list for your newsletter, may I add my name?  It's all very interesting for a former Greenvillian. Although I no longer have family in Greenville, I occasionally get back there. In fact, I usually try to stop by the bookstore to browse for new things to add to my Mississippi authors collection.  I'm glad to know about your collection of Greenville things, particularly the yearbooks, and the link to archived newspapers. As a writer and photographer I've been researching the history of Greenville, albeit somewhat casually, with an eye toward a book somewhere down the road.  --RJ 

Mary Dayle and Hugh,
My visit to McCormick Book Inn, followed the remarkable tour of Greenville, will always be a special memory of my travels to the Delta.  And, I certainly plan to schedule a return visit.  Your bookstore is a treasure. The two of you are role models for any of us who wish to promote and preserve the great legacies of Southern writing and literature.  To say "thank you" is not enough, but I am so fortunate to have met you and to know that the Greenville writers are being promoted by devotees of your amazing intensity and level of dedication.
Thanks always for a remarkable afternoon.  I hope to repay the hospitality.
WG
 

I want to say that I have been perusing the McCormick's website, and it is amazing. I am rushing like crazy but all I want to do is read everything on it--each item of which then leads me on to something else I really don't have time to be reading but read anyway.

Best, B.R.
 

For what it is worth, thanks for having me on your
e-mailing list.  You people and your store
are special in this community.  --hb

Hugh and Mary  Dayle,

Yesterday was a lot of fun with the signing.  Thanks for a good afternoon.  Want to make it to more signings and events.

Later, M. W.

Hugh,
Thanks so much for having taken the time to visit with me during my time in your store.  Visiting with you and dinner at Doe's was an absolutley awesome way to spend the last day of 2007.   It was, as always, such a pleasure to spend time with you. 

Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Mc Cormick.
Take Care. -- KB

I love McCormick’s website and it’s totally fascinating to read. Why don’t you write a book? I love getting your emails! Don’t take me off the list! McCormick’s is one of my favorite places on earth. I just don’t get by there often enough.

Have a great day!
L. B.

I was delighted to discover your website a few months ago!  I have been intending to drop you a note to let you know so ever since, but alas...time has a way of going by without us doing the things we should.  I was born and grew up in Greenville, leaving at age 18 for Texas where I still live.  I have such fond memories of your McCormick Book Inn with many recollections of books bought there, including some of my beloved collection of Anne of Green Gables (with a few coming from Greenville Office Supply back in the day when they had a "book corner" tucked amongst their paper, pens, and typewriter ribbons).

Visits back to Greenville through the years to see my folks always included a stop by your Inn--leaving with an arm full of books!  My dream is to return there in a couple of years for a "book signing," as I am now working on a novel with a Delta setting.  I belong to a local writing group and have written a few short stories and poems, all with Delta settings/themes.  It would be such an honor to one day add my name to your roll of literary natives!

Again, thank you for your great website! 

B. W. T.

As I write, I'm drinking coffee from that cup and decided to check on the website progress.

Wow, it's awesome.  Of course, I wouldn't have expected anything less from you. 

I feel a kinship of sorts with you as I am carrying on a 65 year old family sausage, meat market, and barbecue business and we are the last "old-time" store left in our community.  But isn't it fun in spite of all the obstacles which are seemingly endless and targeted towards the "little guy."

Again, congratulations on a most awesome website and even more importantly such a treasure of a store that has withstood the test of time.

Best Wishes
K. B.