Dark outside, not cold. We’ve had rain and all night the garden was drinking. This morning, it just lay there.
Robert came into the shop this morning, furious because his friend had a joint when he was 16 years old, and now at 60, can’t get a job. He said the government has ruined this country. I am glad he came in. I always feel better, adjusted and balanced, whenever Robert visits. It is a calibration of sorts. I forget what is valuable. Now I remember again.
A lady bought The Blind Assassin, Caleb’s Crossing, The Awakening, and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
A man told be about Charlie Chaplin. His wife said, ‘Come along, that’s enough of Charlie Chaplin.’
I was advised to read History of the Rain. I ordered a 1902, first edition copy of Ethel Turner’s Little Mother Meg. This is for Lily, an eleven year old collector with a discerning eye for vintage. Scott raced past but didn’t come in, although he grinned evilly through the door. Someone hit their head on one of my hanging balloons and said, ‘Damn these decorations. Where’s the bakery?’
The sun’s out. The next person will tell me about it.
The next person is Robert, back again and who never notices the weather anyway, so I get to tell him about it. He says he’s waiting for the government to start taxing us for it!
The Book Keeper Book Shop 