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Bristlecone

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14. I be assure you that I believe,

Reply to Aristus (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:33 PM

Friday

as you do, that books are sacred, priceless treasures to be cherished and valued forever.

As an aside, I love to swing by the library and see what books they have on this little cart they put by the front door for selling older, or duplicate copies of books that they are replacing with new ones/topics/stories, etc.

I just finished a book of short stories called Rumpole of the Bailey, by John Mortimer. They are written as short stories from the BBC(PBS) series’ scripts of the same name. They are fantastic stories. Paid $1.

Have you ever read any of the stories? Or seen the show?

Have a good weekend.

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