On bounced rent cheques and teary-eyed excuses

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Yesterday and the Day Before

“What if people spill coffee on the books?” he mused. “Then they might not pay for the coffee —or the books.”
Posted by B. Glen Rotchin at 6:02 AM

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Poet, book-reviewer, author of the novels The Rent Collector and Halbman Steals Home and full-time property manager in the garment district of Montreal, Glen shares his thoughts about life lived at the intersection of the material and spiritual world. And of course, books.
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