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Robson Market
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I made the drive today, long, nothing of merit. Robson, a few KM North of Castlegar.
A very few vendors, costume jewelry, she's checking the hallmarks..."Pewter...copper...or brass". It's all shit.
Used tools, a few possibly interesting prospecting chisels, but - today, no.
Reasonably priced pie by the slice, otherwise, my curiosity is slaked, there's nothing here, abandon, move on...
...fucking bat-shit crazy...
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I'm out with the death-doula, couple of glasses of wine on the East Shore, Crawford Bay. An empty pub, the bartender sets up the Karaoke and begins to sing for us...
We move outside.
We talk, a lot of similar beliefs, although we express them differently. Different life histories, different stories, and then the conversation turns. The New World Order, her experiences with UFO's, her experiences with ghosts, with her ex-husbands, international assassins, she doesn't drink - really, or do drugs, but clearly she doesn't need them, the staring blue eyes, lucid on the surface, presentable for sure, but she's completely fucking bat-shit crazy...
Snowshoes
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And, an early garage sale, advertised on the "I love Nelson" website. Most of it is just shit, randomly priced, far above what you'd get the same thing for at the dollar store, just random, stupid pricing.
But she has these:
Perfect condition, Antique snowshoes. Perfect for a hunting lodge, cabin, restaurant, I could give to the boy, for his mother, companion pieces to the Antique Skis I gave him (which they displayed to good effect).
But she won't give a price, wants to look it up online first. I do it for her, max, $200, I'm only offering - max - $50 - but I can't offer, don't want to rip her off, let her test the waters first. I'll swing by tomorrow, see if she's done her research, if they're still there then maybe I'll pounce...
Sir Walter Scott -
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I like Sir Walter Scott. He gets a bad rap for his romances, they were good, competent, of the time, period pieces, he was reasonable, intelligent, he did well, why not?
Picked this up in a dollar bin. Good so far.
If only I could have found a first edition, or at least one with a less garishly illustrated cover...
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