My plan to keep the outstanding bookstores of Earth alive through coronatimes continued with today’s arrival of Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling, from Ella Risbridger, from Shakespeare and Company in Paris.
The delivery was lovingly packaged:
When I placed the order I ticked the boxes for two “upgrades,” the free “custom book stamp” on the title page:
and the 83 cent “custom book poem,” a rendering of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 14:
I am a satisfied customer.
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I just received an email that
I just received an email that are about to begin processing my order, so I'm looking forward to receiving a similar package soon...
This is SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOL!!
This is SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOL!!
Reminding me of boredly wandering through the display cases once at the Library of London, and stopping to read through the glass a handwritten open notebook of much vintage, and realizing the words were, "How do I love thee?/Let me count the ways..." and stopping COLD as my heart skipped three or four beats.
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