December 31 - Grafton Bookshop

In Oak Bay, right in the Village, is the Grafton Bookshop. I'm forever distracted by the idea that its name is the road my grandparents live on, a few hours north of here, but it's a good store. I've spent more than a few dollars there over the years, and I'm hoping to get back there in the next few weeks to scour the shelves more closely.

In my five-minute visit today, and for only ten bucks, I stumbled across the 1959 number of Blackwood's Magazine that contains the original essay that became M. Wylie Blanchet's book The Curve of Time. I'm inordinately pleased!