Browsing the Bookshelves

Eclectic outpourings as books pass through

2005/5/22

Around London

@ 10:46 PM (40 months, 3 days ago)
Yesterday I had to scramble across London to collect some books from a lady in Wandsworth.  It was a brilliant, sunny day : London at it's best. I like to be out early in the morning on those sorts of days.  It reminds me what I love most about this wonderful city.  With each corner you turn, London changes. Each area as distinct from the next as rural villages are from each other. Each with its own character, its own history and its own pace of life. As I drove through Clapham and then Wandsworth Commons, I couldn't help but admire the foresight of whoever it was that designated London's vast green areas which seem to add an element of tranquility to London life, complementing the busy hub-bub of the high streets and the gentle restiveness of suburban streets.  I really should get out more.

Another day, another dollar...

@ 12:40 PM (40 months, 3 days ago)

...well, not quite.  It's been one of the slowest days I can remember in the bookshop. Hardly a customer to converse with let alone a sniff of a sale.  It does mean however that I have had time to revamp my "About The Virtual Bookshelf" page on ebay, and even list a few items for sale.  Not much for the sum total of a day's work - but then I did give up about 11am and adjourn to the garden which is now blessed with not one but two planted-up potato barrels, lots more garlic and tarragon and a fine barrow-load of gerainiums.  Shame the sun won't shine for more that 3 minutes at time.