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Luis Clemens
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I sell rare books and old letters.
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Imagination Machines
Old photographs are imagination machines.
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May 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Vintage Romance For Valentine's Day
I spend a lot of time reading other people's mail.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Big Blue Time Capsule
“Corporate training centers” - the phrase evokes images from the late 1950s/early 1960s of men gathering in country clubs to learn the latest in leadership and management; mostly white men, that is, s...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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"A Good Heart And A Light Hand"
Nothing moves me like good writing.
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January 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Exeter Crushes Andover
There is a delicious randomness to the papers I find.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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"Some Pose"
Century-old Photographs and Postcards of Puerto Rico
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December 10, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?

Signed, a librarian
December 8, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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I bought a scrapbook with a hundred love letters sent by a dozen suitors to an early 20th Century D.C. Socialite, Gladys Mackay-Smith. Take a peek.

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Unrequited Love Is A Terrible Affair
Scrapbooks are time capsules.
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December 1, 2024 at 4:42 PM