There I was this time yesterday, slobbing about in my nightie, having my day off, when Wilma from 'Bookends' in Portsoy rang to say she would be coming this way and was I open. Well - no, and then again - YES! One is always open to another bookseller. The Portsoy Boat Festival is happening soon and it is a busy time for Portsoy businesses so she wanted to supplement her stock. She brought her new man along with her, so that was interesting too. He is very nice, has many interests, and likes to buy books about them, which meant I sold a book by a Kruger National Park ranger that I never seriously expected to shift. Also a book about fly fishing. All this whilst Wilma stacked up a pile of titles of maritime and local interest. A very nice and unexpected kick-off to the week.
Add to that the arrival of the baclava and kataifi, delicous honey and nut stuffed treats that Sophie brought back from Greece and I am feeling quite mellow.
Add also the fortuitous find of a title asked for last week by the niece of a young ornithologist, Ewen Kennedy, who died tragically before his time, but left a great legacy in the Natural History Notes he started making whilst he was still at school. His niece is on a bike tour of the Highlands, following in his footsteps, in search of copies of the book of which there were only 70 printed. She gives them to members of the family and as more children are born feels herself under pressure to track more and more copies.
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