a perfect day

 This was a perfect day if you didn't need to go outside.  We did get six inches of snow, as predicted.  Lucky for me, I only had two meetings and both were by Zoom, an absolutely marvelous invention.  My west coast brother informed me earlier in the day that today is "Library Shelfie Day" and "National Irish Coffee Day."  I understand Irish coffee, yummy, but decided to double check on Shelfie Day.  It is always the fourth Wednesday in January and it's a day for book lovers to share their favorite books and library shelves in a fun way.  Once upon a time, when my husband and I were homeowners we had accumulated hundreds of books.  We had book cases in our bedroom, the children's bedrooms, the upstairs family room, the down stairs family room, the downstairs office, and black metal shelves in the basement garage for the overflow.  But now I have downsized.  While I was in the process of getting rid of books, Hyde Brothers Books on Wells Street (an amazing collection of used books) was my best friend.  I sold, the brothers bought, and I gradually got rid of many, many books.  Now I have only two book cases in my living room, one more in the dining room and a bed side table in my bedroom that holds a good supply of books.  A real comedown from our original collection.  But lucky for me I live less than a mile from our wonderful downtown library where I can check out an endless supply of books, without worrying about space to store them or needing to keep them dusted.  And, joy of joys, they are all free.  They have even, recently, done away with late fees.  So my favorite shelves are the ones at the library. As for favorite books, they are almost too numerous to count, but my all time very favorite is "A Town Like Alice" by Nevil Shute.  You can be sure, that one is still in my bookcase.