Last night a few of us gathered to say good-bye to something really good. The downtown location of Left Bank Books has closed. There were many reasons for this, none of which had to do with our customers, who were wonderful. For the last couple of years a good part of my waking hours have been spent working toward helping that store be a success and my efforts were not altogether for nothing. A couple more years, who knows?
But it brought me into the company of a fine group of people, for which I will always be grateful.
Anyway, I took this image as Donna and I were leaving for the last time. Somehow, it speaks to my state of mind.
As a former employee of Publishers Bookshop, a store that was once Little Rock’s largest independent bookstore, and is now long gone, I send my condolences.