well, file last updated february – it’s spring – cold start – 3 inches of snow yesterday – firewood gone – think new supplier shorted me – scared up carload but won’t last – flip on furnace when chill is on – still eating potatoes from last summer – emptying freezer and canned tomatoes and raspberries – probably time to plant snow peas and salad greens – put in few hours at ‘hands-off’ protest in Amherst – 47 and cronies continue to degrade government and perpetrate atrocities against immigrants, critics, media, law firms, schools – we try to stay informed – subscribe to nyt, wapo, nyker, boston globe, heather cox Richardson – painful to observe and powerless to prevent and can’t see an end to it – world stage no prettier– convinced insufficient credit given Rupert Murdoch and many copycats monetizing and weaponizing pervasive conservative echo chamber which keeps 47% pissed about non-existent or trivial issues – end of rant – but there’s plenty to catalog and here’s another – tackled books been sitting about and recent acquisitions – some modern architecture, Sunday-school Union chapbooks courtesy colleague mz via aas, more printing equipment catalogs and type specimens sent by widow of late Michael Denker, small care package from dallas, brattleboro collection from nearby auction – filled out with siftings and scrapings from the several rooms of material awaiting attention from cataloger – sent with fingers crossed you’ll be amused, perhaps inspired to order – cover: item 288
at your service –
peter