Made a major ebay purchase.

Cost me a nickel.

Yup, I kid you not.  I bought one of my all-time favorite reads for just five cents; a first edition paperback of The Unoriginal Sinner & The Ice Cream God by John R. Powers.

The shipping and handling charges were three bucks and change - still a  bargain.

I could tell the seller appreciate books by how carefully it was wrapped.  In addition to a bubble-wrap envelope, the book was carefully wrapped in a sheet of wax paper.

John R. Powers like me grew up Catholic.   He did his time in Chicago, me in New York.

I had been wanting to re-read that book for a long time, but couldn’t find it in any stores.  So I decided to do what most of America is doing, and search for it on ebay.  One copy turned up,  it was one of those Buy It Nows so I did.

I’m saving it for a quiet evening.

How are all of you?