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I’ve been absent for a while from the blogging scene. My excuse – I moved to a different apartment and then I had visitors for a few days. All good

Yesterday was the monthly meeting of the Postcard Club. I acquired some beauties.

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

Vita Sckville-West, 1892-1962

Books Read – May 2024

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  1. The Far Traveler, Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
  2. Bird Cloud, A Memoir of Place by Annie Proulx
  3. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
  4. The Picturegoers by David Lodge
  5. Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
  6. The Hills Is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith
  7. The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin
  8. Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
  9. The Broker by John Grisham
  10. The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz
  11. Underground by Haruki Murakami
  12. The Brass Dolphin by Joanna Trollope

Books Read – April 2024

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  1. 1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  2. 2. Snow by John Banville
  3. 3. Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
  4. 4. Honor by Thirty Umrigar
  5. 5. Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Henry James
  6. 6. Horse by Geraldine Brooks
  7. 7. A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon
  8. 8. Tyler’s Row, Miss Read by Miss Read
  9. 9. An Artist o f the Floating World by Kazoo Ishiguro
  10. 10. the outermost HOUSE, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod. by Henry Beston
  11. 11. Fair Play by Tove Jansson

Outing to the Bookstore

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At least 12 people had signed up for the Bookstore trip but only 5 people showed up. We went anyhow. What fun! The bookstore was only a few miles away. Upon arrival we were given an hour to browse and make our purchases. Not nearly enough time for me – the bookstore was BIG and jam packed with worthy choices. I was finding so many GOOD books, my arms were full. So full that a member of staff offered to save the growing stack. So she put my stack of books behind the checkout area so that I could continue my browsing more comfortably – i.e. select even more books..

Come time to check out, I waited patiently in line while another customer (from our seniors bus) paid for her items. I waited, and waited, and waited. At last the “senior” lady ahead of me got all her bits and bobs back in place and she tottered off. I stepped up and paid for the items I was holding. An unseen voice inquired about the books behind the cashier – oh no she said over her shoulder that those books were for someone else. Numb (dumb?) I looked on. Paid my bill and happily exited the store.

Hours later, back home, it dawned on me that those books on the shelf behind the register were actually my earlier choices. Change of cashiers and slowness of waiting in line – I GOOFED! Guess I’ll have to plan another outing to the bookstore!