tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495652757459380191.post2837351512420914322..comments2024-02-21T05:36:00.251-08:00Comments on paper over board: I have a customer for that!john eklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781496172985854512noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495652757459380191.post-86603653311994772562013-09-29T09:20:02.438-07:002013-09-29T09:20:02.438-07:00Oh, so lovely. It's nice to be able to recogni...Oh, so lovely. It's nice to be able to recognize a couple of the characters mentioned here, but more importantly it brings to mind my own memorable regulars from 8.5 years of being in this bookstore on Downer Ave. Sometimes I can't believe that one or the other passed on a few years ago already. It feels like they were each here just yesterday--presenting a spiral bound notebook full of carefully notated titles of interest, paying for a newspaper with change from an Altoids tin while chuckling the whole time, speaking softly with a wheezing Irish accent while reeking of cigarettes... We community booksellers are so blessed to be able to create such lasting connections with strangers.StacieMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378380788906271905noreply@blogger.com