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 are about to begin processing my order, so I'm looking forward to receiving a similar package soon...
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.