Inhabitant of B&N

Posted on September 26, 2003 in Book of Days Daily Life Writing Groups

Note: This is part of a series based on exercises from A Writer’s Book of Days. It’s something of a rebellion against the Friday Five and similar tupperware content memes.

Today’s topic: Night is falling. You’re not at home.

Which means that I must be at the Aliso Viejo Barnes and Nobel doing something.

It’s seldom light when I leave whatever activity I’ve gone there to attend these days. This week was busy: Monday was the writing critique group, Wednesday was the Cafe Writers’ practice group, Thursday was the Open Mike Poetry Reading, and tonight I dropped by to pick up a book I’d left behind the register.

The other day, the fellow in the cafe started to ring up my employee discount. “Excuse me?” I said. “I don’t work here.”

The confusion comes because I do volunteer to facilitate the Cafe Writers and because I often show up to interesting author signings. When no fewer than three people asked me if I lived in the place tonight, I decided that enough was enough: I’m not showing until Wednesday.

Unless Nannette gets Al Franken to show for a signing.

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