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Hometown Reader Photo

Posted on April 15, 2010January 8, 2025 by eidolon

My friend Kristie, whom I’ve known since about 1987, just sent an iPhone photo of Bitter Seeds lurking in the wilds of Roseville, Minnesota.  This hometown photo means a lot to me, because I used to spend a lot of time at this particular Barnes & Noble back when I was a graduate student living in the Twin Cities.

Back then, I was one of a couple dozen punks who came to play chess in the cafe on Wednesday nights.  I gave up on the chess nights after about a year in order to better concentrate on my studies.  In the end, and in hindsight, I see that it wouldn’t have made much of a difference in my graduation date.   All it really achieved was to deprive myself of an activity I greatly enjoyed.

Same with writing, as a matter of fact.  I didn’t let myself start writing until I finished graduate school.  But that’s a long story and I’ll tell it some other time, because here’s Kristie’s photo:

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I do believe I see David Louis Edelman’s Geosynchron in that photo, as well as Robert Sawyer’s WWW: Watch.  Certainly can’t complain about the company my book is keeping.  Glad it’s not lonely.

A grateful tip of the cranial electrodes to Kristie Strum.  Thanks, Kristie!

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