On the other hand...

[wiseheart]

... I treated myself with new books today. Had two hours between work and choir rehearsal, so Mum and I went to our favourite self-serving restaurant, had lunch (it's quite the time-saver if you don't have to cook *or* to do the washing-up afterwards).

Next to the restaurant is Alexandra, a very large bookshop, with a decent selection of English books. No sci-fi or fantasy, alas, but I bought "Fanny Hill", just in case I might need that kind of vocabulary one day (and it was on sale, so I got it for half the usual price). And I bought "The Art of Mesoamerica", because, well, pre-Columbian cultures are a very old interest of mine. I might buy "North American Indian Art", too, eventually, but that was quite expensive, so I'll wait for another horrible period when I'll be in sore need of some book comfort.

Comments

[artemis10002000]

I hope the treats have helped to cheer you up! *hug*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

A bit, yes. Thanks. :)

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Reading treats are the very best way to celebrate both high and low points, I believe.
Cheers!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I whole-heartedly agree. Hope you're all right down there. The telly shows frightening news of the place.

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Bit surreal for the rest of us - nothing we can do to help and nothing we can say that doesn't feel "old" to them. It has been an awful 6 months, climaxing in this horrible event. They say the financial damage alone will cost $16Billion dollars - and we have population of just over 4 million. Our census (every 10 years) had begun - it has been cancelled, but the bill for that still remains at $90million. The damage to the psyche of the city/region/country is unfathomable.
Thank you for asking - as grim as it seems for where I sit, it must feel like a death knell for those in Canterbury.