Happy Birthday to me

After doing an errand at lunch, I walked over to the Brattle Street Bookstore, which is located on West Street in Boston not Brattle Street in Cambridge. I am sure there is a story there, but not mine to tell. There is an area next to the store where they sell books for $1, $3, and $5. Not so long ago, the price structure was $1 and $3, the majority of the books going for a buck. Anyway, there are a lot of nice books there and I was sorely tempted. There was a random collection of Penguin Classics, which I collect and like to get at a discount. They occupy an entire bookshelf at this point, so I need to start another shelf soon. I started collecting Penguins because as it is my habit to work a part time job in addition to full time work, I worked at the only Penguin Bookstore in the U.S. It was on Massachusetts Ave across from the Dolphin Restaurant before you get to Harvard Square, I loved working there. I loved my Cambridge years. Saturday in the summer I would walk from my apartment in Central Square to Harvard Square visiting the boo stores, Woolcot, and a certain store with real funky clothing, the name of which escapes me. But I digress. There were some nice books there and some lovely little books of no mare than 4 inches high, nicely bound and a set of art books of sketches by the masters of various genres – Impression, Japanese, American that I thought would nice to get for my father in law. But I stayed strong and didn’t buy anything. I hope to go back in a couple of weeks I hope that some of the nice things I saw will still be there.

But I didn’t want to spend any money because I am going away for the weekend. My birthday is Monday and I will be Fifty. Allison had asked what I wanted to do to celebrate my birthday and I said that I would like to go someplace… not to far… with a some nice scenery to chill and knit, Allison had said let’s ask Shelley, she knows everything. Shelley comes up with the Gunstock Inn in New Hampshire, which really fits the bill. Look who’s going – Allison , Irene, Jenn , Jen , Krista,
Rebecca
Shelley
And
Suzanne


We are going to chill and Knit.