Friday, August 30, 2024

Yesterday Evening in Phoenix

 Cool breezes. Coyote scat by the garbage containers. Irrigation expected this weekend. I decided to mow the front yard. Neighbors were out walking their dogs. Have been outlining my upcoming Substack posts. Stopped by a bookstore earlier today and was stunned at the prices of some new hardcover books. Forty dollars? Remembering back to the 8th grade when I bought a paperback copy of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for $1.25 and thought it to be terribly expensive. A friend in New Orleans sent me a note about the Turok, Son of Stone comic books. I recalled that the series had lizard people.

One cannot always read Tolstoy.

I'm ready for September and a visit to my favorite used bookstore.

2 comments:

Julian said...

I love the idea of an old bookstore. Most of them have disappeared. I hope you find a nook to hide away and read something nice/interesting/joyful.

Michael Wade said...

There's a great one down the street. An old place where they keep the books very well organized. I have a permanent discount because I've given them so many books!