In Memoriam...
"Goodbye"
Today is a sad day, well, I don’t really know if today qualifies as the day that sadness should originally be showered upon, but since it is the day that I discovered the need for mourning, we will say today.
Today, as I whipped into my usual little spot at my local, right up the road new/used bookstore, a sight that I had never thought to see faced me, “closed.”
Yes, that is correct, The Book--- (edited for privacy) has said goodbye and closed their doors forever. I didn’t know it was coming and am currently kicking myself for having stayed away so long. It is almost like losing a loved one and not coming home for that ‘last visit’ before it is too late. The loss of The Book--- is the loss of an era. A lifetime of friendships and camaraderie has been left to softly weep their grief away in the dusty corners of a deserted book shop.
We will forever miss you, dear friend.
…Fiona…
Today is a sad day, well, I don’t really know if today qualifies as the day that sadness should originally be showered upon, but since it is the day that I discovered the need for mourning, we will say today.
Today, as I whipped into my usual little spot at my local, right up the road new/used bookstore, a sight that I had never thought to see faced me, “closed.”
Yes, that is correct, The Book--- (edited for privacy) has said goodbye and closed their doors forever. I didn’t know it was coming and am currently kicking myself for having stayed away so long. It is almost like losing a loved one and not coming home for that ‘last visit’ before it is too late. The loss of The Book--- is the loss of an era. A lifetime of friendships and camaraderie has been left to softly weep their grief away in the dusty corners of a deserted book shop.
We will forever miss you, dear friend.
…Fiona…
Posted by Kerri Wall at 10:16 PM
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That sucks! LOL how sad is it I have the phone number and cell of my favorite book seller at my favorite ubs on my cell phone ;).
God I need a life.
LOL Sybil! I know what you mean. Our school is so big I don't know some of the 6th grade teacher's names, but I walk into any of the 3 UBS in town and they look up and say, "Oh, hi Fiona."
My DH thinks it is sooooo funny.
...Fi
Don't you just hurt when that happens? Way (way) back (over 10 years now) when I was just starting to get into reading romance books and still hadn't discovered a lot of authors, one of the UBS's near me closed. Before they actually closed, they put all their half price books on sale for half price. We're talking 1/4 the cover price!! Sadly :( I didn't have that large an author list, so I didn't get that many. I try very hard not to think of that today and wonder what gems I might have missed.
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