Sun came up through my hands

[sovay]

While the overall situation of my life remains intensely stressful, this evening I visited Porter Square Books to pick up my months-awaited copy of M. John Harrison's The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again (2020) and there met spatch who, finding himself in a bookstore for the first time in more than two years, first collected Susan Fleming Marx's Speaking of Harpo (2022) and then presented me with Alan Cumming's Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life (2019) and a small molded rubber leucistic axolotl. Also I got soft-serve ice cream earlier in the afternoon and ordered a small, but received a sort of medium large, which became lunch. selkie is shipping me a book. I miss my library more than I miss my furniture, but these things are not terrible.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Bookstores are always happy-making.

[sovay]

Bookstores are always happy-making.

This one also requests its customers wear masks. It can't be enforced, because the city binned its mask mandate months ago, but the majority of the customers comply and it meant I did not feel moronically suicidal spending five minutes inside, which I hope was accurate.

[gwynnega]

I end up having to dodge the maskless when I go to bookstores these days, so I don't go as often as I would like.

[sovay]

I end up having to dodge the maskless when I go to bookstores these days, so I don't go as often as I would like.

I was last inside a bookstore last year!

[thisbluespirit]

Well, I am still sorry about everything else - and hope that something improves soon! - but I am glad that there has been a bookshop and nice books. ♥

[sovay]

Well, I am still sorry about everything else - and hope that something improves soon! - but I am glad that there has been a bookshop and nice books.

Thank you! I am enjoying the books and the axolotl is sitting next to my computer.

[asakiyume]

Did you meet Spatch by accident or design? Either way is good, but if it was by accident, then it's extra special, somehow.

[sovay]

Either way is good, but if it was by accident, then it's extra special, somehow.

It was not accident, but it was not expected that he should be able to meet me there, which made it really nice.

[oracne]

Hooray for bookstore!

[sovay]

Hooray for bookstore!

It is a small local one! I am in favor of its survival!