APPALLED in Postcards 4
- Jan. 3, 2018, 11:25 a.m.
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Zoe, paint roller, and books. 2017.
I was running around yesterday getting ready for the 1000 book donation. Were the shelves emptier? I drove down and counted shelves and books. There was the thought that what was left was such an individual choice that no one wanted them. Not even at a buck a book. I watched while folks walked in and out of her space buying nothing.
On my way to buy boxes to put this collection in Thursday, I stopped at the local beach library. Whole sections of the shelves were bare. Totally empty. The philosophy, social sciences, and religion section was a blank canvas.
The clerk said gesturing toward the back of the room, “These are the old books.” Imagine.
“It’s all on the internet now,” said a friend.
No Kant, no Hume, few cookbooks too. I was appalled.
What do you think?
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- Himself: Vastly better at last.
- Me, myself, and I: Off to shelve books at the shop today.
- Reading: More Louise Penny
- Gratitude’s: That I have help tomorrow. We meet at ten.
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