I don't need much, but this I need

[sovay]

When I got home from my frozen stagger through the snow-shuttered streets of Somerville (bank, groceries), I found a package from handful_ofdust in the mailbox. I was carrying three plastic bags and could no longer feel my hands; fortunately it was a compact flat package and I could stick it under one arm along with the payment from Goblin Fruit and a wedding card from friends of the family. I had to thaw out my fingers before I could unlace my boots. The apple cider sorbet I had brought home for derspatchel had not melted at all. We ate some fudge. I opened my package.

handful_ofdust sent me Peter Cushing: A Life in Film (2013) by David Miller. It is full of photographs and anecdotes and THAT'S A PICTURE OF PETER CUSHING AS ANDREW CROCKER-HARRIS FROM THE BBC'S 1955 ADAPTATION OF THE BROWNING VERSION HOLY BLAP GEMMA THIS BOOK HAS JUST EARNED ITS PASSAGE THANK YOU.

(My e-mail's still dead. But I have a new book. I can deal.)

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[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I love new books as a surprise present esp when it is something you wanted and you then get it as a gift.

[sovay]

I love new books as a surprise present esp when it is something you wanted and you then get it as a gift.

It wasn't even something I wanted—I knew The Peter Cushing Companion (2000) existed because handful_ofdust had written about it, but I hadn't checked on the existence of an expanded second edition. So it was just a pleasure and a surprise.