how to promote tourism in a ghost town

[peripeteia]

• It finally snowed last night.
  
• I'm not sure whether it can properly be called an antique store, or how I could possibly have forgotten to mention it, but just off the Plaza in Taos is a fantastically creepy roomful of oddities, like rusty nineteenth-century medical tools and books hot off the invention of the printing press, and a box filled with

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[spaceholiday]

Wow, someone else who likes Crowley! I've been on a mammoth kick for him during the past year, and it all leaves me a bit wordless but decidedly smitten. The Aegypt series is next on my list.

[peripeteia]

Me, too - he's incredible! I would never have heard of him but for a recommendation from Elizabeth Hand, who's got quite a different style but is certainly a kindred spirit. (One of her short stories is a tribute to Crowley - it's called "The Least Trumps.") Have you read the new one on Lord Byron? I've come so close to picking it up a number of times but for once in my life am trying to exercise restraint. We'll see how long that lasts! The main library downtown thankfully has a great selection. I'll return Love & Sleep soon so that you can enjoy it, too. Though I don't suppose you need extra reading right now.

(In other words, congratulations on your upcoming graduation! I hope the next couple of weeks aren't too stressful.)

[unsteadily]

i miss you, sienna...i know you doubt me but please expect a full letter when i get back to usa next week.

[peripeteia]

Oh, pfft. I'm far worse than you at correspondence, so no doubts here! You're missed, too, Joie - I look forward to hearing from you whenever you have time to write. I wish I could see you in person but the chances of finding myself in Chicago in the next thirty days are pretty slim. Just know that I'm wishing you well as always, and I hope your flight home is pleasantly uneventful.

[craning]

I'm glad you're in love!
So, what do you want to with your life?

All the best!

[peripeteia]

At this point I'd just like to write you the e-mail I've been meaning to send!

[craning]

I'll be very glad to read it, whenever it arrives.