Bookstores are dangerous.
Feb. 23rd, 2002 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asherisI was out wandering the mall today, partly to get out of the house, and partly to check the sale racks.
Discovered that the Museum Company store at Ridgedale is in the process of closing- "last 4 days" said the sign. What was left of their jewelry was 70% off, and they had this "scarab pectoral" pin from their Egyptian collection that looked really cool. So, for $8.70...
As I was driving out of the parking lot, the nearby Border's was calling me. I figured I could go in and just hang around the books for a while and go home, no harm done.
Ha.
I wandered back to the pagan section (where else?) and found that someone had removed all the cellophane from the single copy of the Gendron deck on the shelf. I started shuffling through and really liked a lot of the cards. I don't like ALL of them, and some of them seem almost too beautiful to use (might scan, print, and frame a few). As you can tell, I couldn't put it down...
Giving up on getting out without spending anything, I went around to the books and noticed that someone with a serious clue has been reshelving them. Qabbalah, shamanism, and several other specific topics are now in their own clusters. Some are still scattered, but it was really nice to see.
Then I noticed that they had a copy of Ann Moura's new book, Green Magic: The Sacred Connection to Nature. Took one look at the index, and decided I'd better get out of the store while I only had two things!
Discovered that the Museum Company store at Ridgedale is in the process of closing- "last 4 days" said the sign. What was left of their jewelry was 70% off, and they had this "scarab pectoral" pin from their Egyptian collection that looked really cool. So, for $8.70...
As I was driving out of the parking lot, the nearby Border's was calling me. I figured I could go in and just hang around the books for a while and go home, no harm done.
Ha.
I wandered back to the pagan section (where else?) and found that someone had removed all the cellophane from the single copy of the Gendron deck on the shelf. I started shuffling through and really liked a lot of the cards. I don't like ALL of them, and some of them seem almost too beautiful to use (might scan, print, and frame a few). As you can tell, I couldn't put it down...
Giving up on getting out without spending anything, I went around to the books and noticed that someone with a serious clue has been reshelving them. Qabbalah, shamanism, and several other specific topics are now in their own clusters. Some are still scattered, but it was really nice to see.
Then I noticed that they had a copy of Ann Moura's new book, Green Magic: The Sacred Connection to Nature. Took one look at the index, and decided I'd better get out of the store while I only had two things!
