Western MA

Today I drove up to the Montague Bookmill, one of my three favorite bookstores in the world. It's a great used bookstore in a 1842 gristmill on the bank of the Sawmill River. The tagline of the store is "books you don't need in a place you can't find" and yes, I did get lost on the way, but only because I was coming from a different direction than usual. It's a beautiful old building with lots of interesting books and cozy chairs in the sun and big old windows with beautiful views and creaky floors. Also there is a wonderful record store and there is good coffee and food. All it needs is some cats hanging around, and then it would be really be perfection.

There are two restaurants there; I've never eaten at the Night Kitchen but it is supposed to be amazing (and has a wonderful name!). One of these days I'll get there. I've had lunch a few times at the Lady Killigrew Cafe and it's quite delicious. They have great coffee. Here the view from the table where I ate lunch (outside, because it was unseasonable 70 degrees today!):

There have been lots of changes around here lately, most of which I won't get into in the interests of keeping my private life off the internet, but one major change is that I now have a CAR. I have never in my whole life had a car before. Here's my new car:

I kinda like it!