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Life, actually…
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THE FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOOK TOTE
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Forty-five years! That’s how long it has been since I established Reed Books/The Museum of Fond Memories. Forty-five years ago.
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All I can say is, Yikes!
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For forty-five years I’ve done what I can do. Just trying to provide browsers and fans with the great and insignificant questions, the great and insignificant answers, through millions of pages of wisdom and silliness.
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Questions such as, “Just how much does succotash suffer?”
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Questions like, “If you spread sunshine all over the place, won’t that annoy insomniacs?”
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And how about this? “If Mary had a little lamb, wouldn’t there be hearings about a possible ban on gene splicing?”
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And “How much does a forty-five-year-old book tote weigh?”
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And so on and so forth.
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These questions and a thousand others are perhaps the most important questions. All those other questions about the meaning of life and the pursuit of happiness will be debated forever plus at least one day.
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The sensuous pleasure of turning textured pages just to see what surprises they hide…that’s the precious aha! worth having.
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Drop by and wish us well. And ask a few questions. We can troll the stacks to find the answer that serves the moment.
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The moment after that moment belongs to you
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© Jim Reed 2025 A.D.
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