As I mentioned in a previous post, HR and I are up in Baltimore for his aunt’s funeral. It has been an extraordinarily busy couple of days, and we are both worn out.
So this afternoon, the last day of 2024, I found us a little independent bookstore/coffeeshop/winery, Backwater Books, in Ellicott City, a beautiful little hamlet about thirty minutes west of Baltimore.
From the moment we parked in Ellicott City’s parking area by the bubbling Patapsco River, we began to slow down.
Stepping into the shop, holiday bookishness (can that be a word?) greeted us …
We looked around at the inviting stacks …
Robert got us got a dram of wine and we settled down …
For calm and quiet for the first time in days.
NealEnJoy 
Love that saying…and it’s so true. The bookshop looks so enticing and relaxing.
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It was holiday joyful.
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