Favourite bookstore

Life has been busy: started the day with a quick round of tennis (Need to make sure that I am getting exercise. I am very aware that life is going to rev up in the next few months and many demands will be made on my time and it is possible to get worn down physically and emotionally- need to be careful.) After a fun round of tennis, jumped into the car and visited the hospital to talk to a social worker, case worker and visit my dear friend Charlie who celebrated his 97th birthday on September 5 while in the hospital and now is experiencing serious health issues. His spirits are still good and I am happy to help in any way that I can. From the hospital, I drove to Olive's ( Charlie's wife and mother of a friend who I have known since I was 12 years old- yes a very long time.) Donna is in France so I am her substitute in many ways- thank goodness for e-mail so I can keep her updated on things. Phone and mail are good too. I did some errands for Olive and let her know about next week's appointments. Then, it was time to dash home, head downtown to the University of Toronto to pick up transcripts which Michael needs. ( I will not go into the problems that were encountered trying to arrange for these pieces of paper.)

After this, it was time to relax- first I went to my favourite bagel place, the Harbord bakery and I know that we could debate which ones are best and have but I love the tradition of it and knowing that it has been there since the 1930's. During the 1960's, I remember looking out the car window as we drove to see family friends who lived in what is now the more respectable south Annex and just two blocks from Mirvish Village. No such cache at the time. This was when I was very young not even in my teens. Nice memories of another time.

Then, time to head home- cash a cheque from last night's trio performance which went really well. And then to the point of the post- I needed a fix- headed to one of my favourite independent book stores: http://www.sleuthofbakerstreet.com/ . I knew that I would not be let down. I asked one of the owners if she could help me. I reminded her that I enjoy the Maggie Sefton and Monica Ferris series of books both involve stores with fibre, the Goldy series with a caterer in Colorado, and a couple others. She suggested Feint of Art by Hailey Lind- about an artist in San Francisco- love stories that take place in San Francisco.

( I will report about the book once I have read it. Hope that it is good because there are three books in the series so far.)

If you ever have an occasion to visit the Sleuth, you will be delighted. It is a real book store with knowledgeable owners who love mysteries and have shelves and tables filled to brim with books. The store also brings in authors for signings. Hope to get to one, one of these days.

And yes the store has a resident cat which I think all proper book stores should have.