1. After a relaxing morning of writing and puzzles, I went in search of a couple books I wanted to buy. I'm finding myself engrossed in the Audible version of The Devil in the White City and I want to have a hard copy on hand to go back over passages I've listened to. I also want to wander off in a different reading direction and have decided that Lonesome Dove just might scratch that itch.
My first visit was to Tsunami Books. I enjoyed poking around there. I've always enjoyed this shop's vibe, but no luck. Before visiting the store, I popped into Great Harvest, across the street, and loved the Baja Turkey sandwich on Dakota Bread I slowly savored for lunch.
In contrast to the cozier Tsunami Books sits the mighty Smith Family Bookstore downtown. It's a two story behemoth and with a little assistance from Smith staff, I found a copy of each book and accomplished my mission.
2. I then rocketed to Margaret's house where Margaret, Jeff, Michael and I got the band together again. With any number of interruptions for any number of reasons, the four of us have been meeting for coffee for a really long time -- did we meet when we were all grad students at the U of Oregon? I think we did, but I also don't trust my memory the way I used to!
Well, suffice it to say, we've had countless conversations over countless years together and now I'm the one who is absent when Michael, Margaret, and Jeff meet.
But today I was present.
And we had an invigorating time discussing movies, books, days gone by, days we're living in now, music, musical instruments, painting, plays, Trader Joe's, radio, a great 1987 party, and even took some time to discuss traffic patterns on Coburg Road!
I was one mega grateful guy all through our time together and I felt like I was floating on my drive back to where I'm staying.
I was that euphoric.
3. For old time's sake, I had a mushroom and Swiss cheese burger at Cornucopia and enjoyed a can of non-alcoholic Sierra Nevada Golden Lager beer.
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