Bookstore Tourism : Greenwich Village NYC

In this era of vanishing neighborhood bookshops, Three Lives and Company in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood is rare survivor. For four decades, this West Village indie has been quietly offering an exceptionally well-curated selection of literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, travel and more to an appreciative clientele made up of locals and tourists in the know. Owner Toby Cox is proud of the bookstore’s designation as a “pocket of civility” in the city. If you are visiting New York, take the time to stroll around Greenwich Village, grab a coffee at Stumptown, hang out in Washington Square Park, and browse Three Lives at 154 W. 10th street between 6th and 7th avenues.

 

 

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Only Human After All

 

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And there it goes

 

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Have a Lovecraft Halloween

What better way to celebrate Halloween than a bit of H.P. Lovecraft lore.

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whatever walked there, walked alone

If you are looking for a memorable read for Halloween, you can’t go wrong with Shirley Jackson’s very spooky 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House. The intriguing opening paragraph is one of the best in modern literature and will entice even the most reticent reader.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against the hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

 

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October : The rain falls like dirty string

Tom Clark October

 

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The Book I Mistook for a Hat

 

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It’s Poe Season Again

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There has to be a better way

In the video below,  CGP Grey explores the good, the bad, and the ugly methods for boarding airliners. Generally airlines board passengers using the slow back-to-front method even though other boarding systems would be faster. I have long surrendered to the whims of each air carrier and dutifully waited in line without so much as a whine of complaint. Still, it’s nice to imagine a better way.

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Confucius Says

 

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