Farewells

Gutenberg's ca.1455 workshop recreated. Carlos Seo photo courtesy Flickr.

Several weeks ago two local stores closed down. Each had been in business since the Seventies, and each peddled literature.

The independent bookstore left a grim static display of shopworn broadsides and black balloons.

The record store left a window hastily cleared of years of favorite visuals and a hand-lettered sign on torn cardboard that read, “We are so outta here.”

Clerks or troopers, take your pick.

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Index:
Advent: 2009.12.07
Alexander the Great: 2009.12.10
Ambition: 2009.12.24
Animal rights: 2009.11.24
Antiques: 2009.11.01, 2009.11.02, 2009.10.30
Appliances: 2009.12.14, 2009.11.05, 2009.10.30
Architecture: 2009.12.17, 2009.10.28
Art: 2009.11.16
Arts and Crafts: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.16
Ash Wednesday: 2009.12.07
Automation: 2009.11.05
Aviation: 2009.11.03, 2009.10.27
Ayurvedic medicine: 2009.10.26
Baking: 2009.12.15
Beat’niks: 2009.11.16
Beckett, Samuel 2009.11.16, 2009.11.03
Bicycle: 2009.12.24
Birds: 2009.12.21, 2009.12.15
Black: 2009.11.17
Blackouts: 2009.11.12
Blue laws: 2009.11.16
Books: 2009.11.12
Candles: 2009.12.21, 2009.11.12
Carnival: 2009.12.07
Cashmere: 2009.12.10
Cats: 2009.12.15
Chafing dish: 2009.11.12
Change: 2009.12.11
Chase, Dookie: 2009.11.16
Chickweed: 2009.11.23
Child abuse: 2009.12.15
Child art: 2009.12.15
Child-rearing: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15
Christmas: 2009.12.21, 2009.12.11, 2009.12.07
Cirtus detergent: 2009.12.10
Clarke, Arthur: 2009.10.27
Classicism: 2009.12.14, 2009.12.11
Clothing, field: 2009.12.10, 2009.12.03
Clutter: 2009.12.21, 2009.12.17
Coffee: 2009.11.05
Cold war: 2009.10.27
Cold weather: 2009.12.10
Colonial America: 2009.11.02
Combat art: 2009.11.16
Commercial art: 2009.11.16
Compost: 2009.11.23
Computer desks: 2009.12.14, 2009.10.28
Cooper-Hewitt Museum: 2009.11.02
Cost per use: 2009.12.10
Cotton: 2009.12.10
Craftsmanship: 2009.12.23
Crusoe, Thalassa 2009.11.25
Curtains: 2009.12.02
Currency: 2009.11.02
Dalmatia: 2009.12.23
Dance: 2009.12.23
Daylight: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.30
Delaware: 2009.11.02
De Pree, Max: 2009.11.16
Deliberation: 2009.12.23
Denim: 2009.12.10
Design: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.14, 2009.11.06
Diggers: 2009.11.04
Down bedding: 2009.12.02
Downsizing: 2009.12.14, 2009.11.03, 2009.10.30
Dust control: 2009.11.11
Early childhood education: 2009.12.23
Efficiency: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.17, 2009.12.14, 2009.12.11, 2009.11.11, 2009.11.03, 2009.10.30, 2009.10.28
Electric heat: 2009.11.05
Emergency preparedness: 2009.12.10, 2009.11.13, 2009.11.12
Energy conservation: 2009.12.10, 2009.12.02, 2009.11.05, 2009.10.26
English post-war housekeeping: 2009.12.10
Etiquette: 2009.11.02
Eye-hand coordination: 2009.12.23
Exits: 2009.12.30
Fire safety: 2009.11.12
Fire-starting: 2009.12.23
First aid: 2009.11.13
Fitness: 2009.10.26
Flax seed: 2009.10.26
Fuller, Buckminster: 2009.11.16, 2009.10.27
Furnaces: 2009.11.05
Furniture: 2009.10.28
Gardening: 2009.12.15, 2009.11.25, 2009.11.23
Gates, Jr., Bill: 2009.10.27
Georgian style: 2009.11.30
Germ theory: 2009.12.02
Global warming: 2009.12.03, 2009.12.02, 2009.11.09, 2009.11.05, 2009.10.30
Gore, Al: 2009.11.09
Greenhouse effect: 2009.12.03
Greenhouse thermometers: 2009.12.02
Grinch: 2009.12.07
Grunge: 2009.11.04
Gullah Bible: 2009.12.04
Gutenberg, Johannes: 2009.12.30
Guy style: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.03, 2009.10.28
Hall space: 2009.10.28
Hand tools: 2009.12.23
Hardware store: 2009.11.04
Hawken, Paul:2009.10.27
Health: 2009.11.05
Heat: 2009.12.02, 2009.11.05
Heinlein, Robert A.:2009.10.27
Heirlooms: 2009.11.09, 2009.11.02, 2009.10.30
Herman Miller Furniture: 2009.11.16
High-tech interior: 2009.07.25
Hippies: 2009.11.04
Hiking: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.03, 2009.11.13, 2009.10.27
Homeland security: 2009.12.23
Hospitality: 2009.12.14, 2009.12.11, 2009.11.18
Housekeeping: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.14, 2009.12.03, 2009.11.11, 2009.10.28, 2009.10.28, 2009.10.27
Human-powered appliances: 2009.11.05
Hunting: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15
Hunting music: 2009.12.23
Hurricane Katrina: 2009.11.13
Improvising: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.03, 2009.10.28
Incandescent light: 2009.11.05
Interior design: 2009.12.21, 2009.12.14, 2009.11.20, 2009.10.28, 2009.10.27
Jeans: 2009.12.10
Jekyll, Gertrude: 2009.11.25
Joy of Cooking: 2009.10.26
KEXP: 2009.12.07, 2009.11.1.6
King cake: 2009.12.07
Korean farm house: 2009.07.25
Kulanjan: 2009.12.23
Landscape design: 2009.12.15, 2009.12.01
Lappe’, Francis Moore: 2009.11.16
Laptop computer: 2009.12.24
Laundry: 2009.12.10, 2009.11.05, 2009.10.28, 2009.10.26
Lent: 2009.12.07
Ley, Willy: 2009.10.27
Long March: 2009.12.07
Mahal, Taj: 2009.12.23
Mali: 2009.12.23
Manual arts: 2009.12.23
Mendelson, Cheryl: 2009.12.11, 2009.12.10Messenger bag: 2009.12.21
Messenger bag: 2009.12.22
Meteorology: 2009.12.02
Mighty Mouse: 2009.11.13
Military uniforms: 2009.12.10
Moon landing: 2009.10.27
Motorcycles: 2009.11.17
Moving: 2009.12.22
Mulch: 2009.12.01
National parks:2009.12.23, 2009.10.27
Natural light: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.05
Natural resources:2009.12.23, 2009.12.15, 2009.10.27
Navy curtains: 2009.11.11
Navy Seals: 2009.11.09
New Orleans: 2009.12.07, 2009.11.13
New Year: 2009.12.24
Nutrition: 2009.10.26
Nylon: 2009.11.17
Off-grid: 2009.12.23, 2009.11.12
Olympic National Park: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.03
Organizing: 2009.12.22, 2009.12.17, 2009.12.14, 2009.11.03, 2009.10.28
Pacific Northwest maritime climate: 2009.12.10
Pellegrini, Angelo: 2009.11.16
Pest control: 2009.11.25
Pilates: 2009.11.16, 2009.11.03
Planning: 2009.12.24
Play dough: 2009.12.15
Pleasantville: 2009.07.25
Pocket knife: 2009.12.23
Privation: 2009.07.25
Pye, David: 2009.11.16
Radiant heat: 2009.11.05
Recycling: 2009.10.30, 2009.10.28
Refrigeration: 2009.10.26
Renaissance furniture: 2009.07.25
Reynault, Mary: 2009.12.10
Rocketdyne: 2009.10.27
Roman Catholic Church calendar: 2009.12.07
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 2009.11.09
Rustic style: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15, 2009.12.01
Sabbath: 2009.11.16
Sackville-West, Vita: 2009.11.25
Saturnalia: 2009.12.07
Sailboats: 2009.12.02
San Francisco: 2009.11.04
Santa Claus: 2009.12.07
Science fiction: 2009.10.27
Seasonal affective disorder: 2009.12.07
Self-respect: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15
Shop safety: 2009.12.15
Shopping: 2009.11.09
Sierra Club: 2009.10.27
Silk: 2009.12.10
Silverware: 2009.11.02, 2009.10.30
Simplicity: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.17, 2009.12.15, 2009.12.14, 2009.12.11, 2009.11.302009.11.03
Skid Road: 2009.11.16
Slugs: 2009.11.25
Snail mail: 2009.10.28
Snow bath: 2009.12.03
Snow preparation: 2009.12.01
Solar heat: 2009.12.03
Solid fuel: 2009.11.05
Space: 2009.12.02, 2009.10.28, 2009.10.27
Stainless steel: 2009.10.30
Steel wool: 2009.11.11
Stone-age knife: 2009.12.23
Storage space: 2009.07.25
Sugar: 2009.10.26
Summer of Love: 2009.11.04
Survival: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15, 2009.11.13, 2009.10.27
Swedish design: 2009.12.14, 2009.11.02
Swedish Nationalmuseum: 2009.11.02
Teaching: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.15
Technology and interior design: 2009.11.30
Ten Essentials: 2009.11.13
Thanksgiving: 2009.11.30
Tools: 2009.12.23
Traffic engineering: 2009.12.11, 2009.11.05
Trays: 2009.12.14
Typography: 2009.12.15
Twelfth Night: 2009.12.07
Ultralight culture: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.14, 2009.10.27
Urban wilderness: 2009.12.15, 2009.12.01
Value: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.14, 2009.11.09
Van Sant, Townes: 2009.11.16
Vegetables: 2009.12.15, 2009.11.23, 2009.10.26
Victorian style: 2009.12.23, 2009.12.21, 2009.12.14, 2009.11.30
Virginia City, NV: 2009.10.30
Wardrobe: 2009.11.17
Washing machines: 2009.11.05
Weather forecasting: 2009.12.02
Weed control: 2009.12.15, 2009.12.01
Week-end: 2009.11.06
Winter gardening: 2009.12.15, 2009.12.01, 2009.11.23
Wool: 2009.12.10
Workshop: 2009.12.23