May 27, 2026

Alternation of shimmering hot sunlight and thunderstorm, like a tropical forest. 

Drove to Waynesville to renew my acquaintance with the Dimensions bookstore. Had cappuccino next door, bought two books I didn’t need. Immersed myself in the apparently boundless enthusiasm of its owner D (who didn’t remember me at first.). Those environs would depress me in half an hour (as in fact they did) He bubbles and effuses. The strip of street is like a little village, everyone coming to check in on one another.