Photo does not do justice to the 8' deep trench

The Neat L'l Bookshop Remains Open Whenever possible.  Yesterday we closed at noon because the shop simply was not accessible. 
Each day is a guessing game.  We apologize for the inconvenience and hope that our customers will come back when conditions return to normal.

[Photo:  Wed. May, 13 lbw.  For larger image please click on photo.] 

Smile for Today ~

Erskine [John] was to lecture at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the president of the university went to the station to meet him.  He had some difficulty in recognizing his guest, however, and told Erskine about it at dinner that evening:  "I asked one gentleman if he were John Erskine and he said, with emphasis, 'I should say not.'  I asked another, and he said, 'I wish I were.'  Which shows that at least one man had read your books."
   "It does indeed," replied Erskine, "but which one?"

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Eriskine was once asked if he found it disconcerting to see members of the audience looking at their watches during a long lecture, "No," replied Erskine, "not until they start shaking them."

~ERSKINE, John (1879 - 1951), US educator & writer, professor of English at Columbia University.
THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman, 1985.

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