Times are tough. I buy used books and business is booming. Heirlooms, inscriptions, precious stuff becomes expendable when you are hungry or need that mortgage payment. Its sad. I'd rather be a pawn broker sometimes because at least then I'd know that they had a chance to get the stuff back. I have sold records that I wish I'd never sold and I can't help...
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I moved north from Fla where my folks still live and I fear that they will be ankle deep in saltwater before they believe in global warming.
You know, the economic meltdown, while cramping our collective style, may save our collective asses...
I find it hard to believe how little attention the coming catastrophe gets in the mainstream media, but how many folks seem to be tuned into the potential for disaster.
Kansas ey, your older photos range from alleys to cramped apartments, so I figured you were a San Franciscan. If I could afford it, thats where I'd live, but alas, no bookstore employee lives anywhere but the crappiest parts of the east bay. It will be that way in PDX soon. Hopefully not too soon.
How does one get by in the buckle of the bible belt (Tulsa, Dallas, Wichita, take you pick, but Wichita was the most depressing place I've ever been outside of a few third world shitholes I've been to.)
Again, best of luck and its great to have you back.