February 10, 2005
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Back from a very invigorating walk. It is minus 7 outside today, but it felt colder in the wind. Of course, as usual, I was woefully underdressed - sans hat but I did wear gloves! The sky is blue, the sun is shining and the air is crisp; all is right with the world. (except for the tips of my ears which are a bit red
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My trek took me to the Global Villiage second hand store. Well...you just knew there had to be a store involved didn't you? I love second hand shops. Every time you step into one you never know what you will find. Such an air of anticipation, expectation, excitement! It is always fascinating looking at rows of other people's discarded or donated treasures. Sometimes you come across something so different, so highly unusual that you just can't resist it. That which someone no longer wants is just what you were looking for...and so the cycle continues.
I love the randomness of those stores. Everything jumbled together with no apparant rhyme or reason - just hopeful items waiting to be chosen and taken home so they can be useful again. Two excellent items to find second hand are books and music. Second hand shops take eclecticism (if that is a word, if not I just invented it) to new heights. Biographies of people long forgotten, obscure volumes of poetry, romance novels, westerns all stacked alongside each other. Records, tapes, cd's of everything from opera to hip hop. (hint: just make sure the record/tape/cd is the same one that is listed on the cover - I have been surprised and disappointed a few times when I got home)Cultures collide at breakneck speed in thrift shops!!
Today I showed remarkable restraint. I bought two cassette tapes and two books. East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Ultimate Nap Book: Change Your Life Without Getting Out Of Bed by Sark. (can't get more diverse than that!
). The tapes are We Are In Love by Harry Connick Jr. and I Love Everybody by Lyle Lovett. I have never heard Lyle Lovett and for fifty cents I thought it was a good time to try him out. I'm sure he would be thrilled to find out he'd been rescued from the "bargain bin" by misslill.
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A bargain is a bargain, but in minus 7, windy weather the bargain would have to come around again for me. BRRRR! If I had my car though I would have found my butt there too. Those choices in books and CD's seem to be quite uplifting and renewing a sense of hope for love. Happy soon to be Valentine's Day!
Happy reading and listening. I know Lyle is as ugly as sin, but he supposedly has a great voice - let me know.
I have listened to one side and yes he does have a great voice! His music (on this cassette anyway) is hard for me to classify, kind of country but not quite. The songs are well written. I declare it well worth 50cents!
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