Boston Book, Paper & Photo Exposition & Sale
Peter L. Masi – books will be exhibiting at the Second Annual Boston Book, Paper & Photo Exposition & Sale, Saturday, May 5, 2012, 10 am – 4 pm, Shriners Auditorium, Wilmington, Massachusetts! You’re invited! Check http://www.bookandpaperexpo.com/ to print a discount pass. Please come!
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Peter L. Masi – books will be exhibiting this weekend at the Allentown Paper Show, Agricultural Hall, 1929 Chew St, Allentown, PA, Saturday, April 28, 9-5 & Sunday, April 29, 9-3.
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well – several cords of wood later – weather is a regular topic of lockerroom & hottub chat here in new England – mark twain’s bit about the man who traveled the world collecting weather types then spent an afternoon here comes to mind – it’s often ‘if you like it, just wait a minute’ – of late the extremes seems to be ramping up a trifle – we had more snow last October than any month since – maybe the whole bunch – managed 2 consecutive trips to Wendell state forest in late January – otherwise the skis have been on stand-by – northfield mountain has not opened at all – notchview in Windsor & prospect mountain in woodford Vermont in the hills & mountains west of here have had spotty seasons & i have not had the leisure – it rains, the ground is bare – a season of biking & jogging over taylor hill in the cold – miles in the pool at Hampshire athletic club – many seem to have written off winter – will it have the last laugh? – life continues within a minor hub defined by the woodstove – heat can be such a magnet – bed to kitchen to dining table to work station to reading chair all with a few steps – got a a few week’s wood on the side porch, perhaps bit more than another carload out back – may last til the end of march – the last of the apples – macouns kept best – baked in a crisp with cranberries & walnuts – the butternut squash all started showing spots simultaneously – pared & cooked – might be 20 lbs Yukon gold potatoes on deck – canned tomatoes went quickly & corn, beans, greens from the freezer bulking out winter chili & stew – plenty of pesto awaits – 215 hit the streets mid-december – pretty tight to the holidays – made life extra hectic – made wreaths for the public side of the house, went with edie for a ten buck tree top of taylor hill, got ‘er up & decorated (the tree) – zach rolled into the area – we got my brother from Middleboro & headed to Cumberland, ri & franklin, ma to visit relatives on the irish & Italian sides, xmas eve dinner at lorenzo’s, stroll about the natal village, off to masi gathering in Winchester – brought a bread pudding – gift swap expanded to zach & grown cousins, my usual sack of comestibles & potables upstaged by flying machines & shiny toys – new year’s eve & day did party scene with edie in Greenwich, ny & thereabouts – hello 2012 – papermania in Hartford – an’ how about that next catalog – which after 215 have yet to learn to self-produce – deep & diverse online resources making for interesting investigations, certainly not speeding the process – mariab mired in renewals, herding the unherdable – met Tuesday at the commonwealth museum in boston – home of the state archive – handed the mariab gavel to our new president, tom nealon of pazzo books in west Roxbury – i stayed on as veep to keep ‘er doin’ – zach had 5 interviews for residency in orthopedic surgery – erie, pittsburg, long island, Philadelphia, Monmouth, nj – now awaits match day with hopes of good news for his next 5 years, finished rotations at Monmouth, then assisted anatomy course at Drexel, will do few weeks of research & head to Israel & Egypt for 6 weeks, return to become m.d. & hopefully begin a residency – looking ahead, ‘we’ will exhibit at the Allentown paper show april 28-9 & mariab sponsored boston book, paper & photo expo & sale may 5 in Wilmington & ticknor society bookseller showcase june 9, Sheraton commander hotel, Cambridge – happy to see you & provide more information – herein you’ll note several pages of African-americana – discards from library of scholar August meier from university of Massachusetts – much of the usual arcane & eclectic, sprinkled with selections from stashes intended for specialized productions which began to appear suicidal from business aspect – literature, travel, world war, Williams college – of which there is much in reserve to spice future offerings – your attention & selections received with gratitude . . .
at your service –
peter
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December 2011 –
well – summer ran & winter’s on deck – big dent in woodpile already – few carloads hauled from backyard to curbside & upstairs to side porch – short walk to woodstove – tightened up a bit for another year – life somewhat compressed to proximity – comfy chair, dining table & desk with laptop all within 10” – plenty of windows for bit
of solar gain – papermania & 214 saw summer out – visit from hurricane Irene in September – little impact on montague, but across the river in Shelburne falls & not so far north in Wilmington Vermont there was disastrous flooding – mariab meeting moved from Shelburne falls to grey matter in Hadley – headed to Allentown first week of October – zach turned 27 on oct 6, met him in new Brunswick for dinner after allentown – hosted family here on Columbus day for food & apple picking at dole orchard – pioneer valley book & ephemera fair in Northampton went well – full slate of dealers & strong attendance – winter fired major warning shot late October – foot of snow took down trees all around – montague lost power for 48 hours – many nearby towns waited a week – Halloween was not usual – took a booth at boston book print & ephemera fair at the castle in mid-november – had not done that show in years – strong crowd & treated me well & even strolled to the hynes for the abaa show after setup & saw more friendly faces – westwood branch of masi family hosted thanksgiving – zach was with mom’s clan in Ithaca – brought zach & edie to nephew’s wedding following Sunday at willowdale estate in topsfield – hello December – garden bout done except for some hardy collards – canned few dozen quarts of tomatoes, freezer full of corn, beans, pesto, modest crop of winter squashes & apples in cold storage, few peppers still in the fridge – stew season –
kale soup, chili, Mediterranean stew – zach nailed 3 rotations in orthopedic surgery then set up camp at Monmouth medical center in new jersey for 4 less strenuous rotations bout a block from the beach – ran in Philadelphia marathon for second time – has applied for residencies in orthopedic surgery & is available for interviews –
mariab meets Monday in Sudbury – managed to fill slate for election of officers to take over next year – renewals go out soon – usual unusual here – large lot of cookery from tracy law, oldtime seller from upstate ny – he’s in nursing home, stock being sold by lots – moved ‘beverages’ to separate category – few other new headings – hope you find something – gotta get this to eagle & then see about
wreaths & other seasonal considerations & yes, next catalog – undoubtedly my last offering of the year, and it was not a bad year, so let me take the opportunity to thank all for your time & patronage & wish you festive & fulfilling holidays & a fine year
ahead . . .
at your service –
peter
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We will be exhibiting at the Boston Book, Print & Ephemera Show, Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8 am – 4 pm, Park Plaza Castle, Columbus Avenue & Arlington Street, Boston.
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Sunday, October 16, Smith Vocational School, Northampton, Massachusetts, 10 am - 4 pm.
Peter L. Masi – books and some sixty-plus (in more ways than one) colleagues will display & hope to displace some of your discretionary funds, fine, old, rare, unusual, antiquarian, vintage, whatever books, pamphlets, broadsides, photographs, postcards, autographs, posters, prints, manuscripts, you get the picture. You’re invited!
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well – winters walk & summers run – this one no exception – august seems to fill & evaporate as the end of summer looms – furnace still off, dehumidifiers on – 4 cords of wood stacked for winter – weather platter continues – too hot, too dry, too wet, just right – garden is producing – been picking green & wax beans & cucumbers down the street – amethyst brook plot yielded mesclun mix, snow peas & beets, collards, arugula, zucchini, good crop of onions, basil – some pesto already frozen – corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, yellow squash, escarole coming on – pole bean plants heading skywards – winter squash plants covering the ground –should be set for food – rented a van & headed to Philadelphia late june – loaded zach’s belongings from his room in manayunk – checked out the mutter museum & had early dinner & headed back – zach came up for a few days – helped stack the wood – helped tune his bike – he headed back for 4-week orthopedic surgery rotation at Hahnemann hospital then to pittsburg for another at Allegheny – there now & loving it – turned 58 early august – dinner with edie at 111 in Greenwich – montague center old home days & papermania coincide this year – but both shrinking over time & old home days will be singular, not plural this year – no events on Friday nite – which used to be the entertainment for my annual neighborhood porch party – i’ll be in Hartford – goodbye porch party – hello papermania – mariab will meet in Shelburne falls in September & sponsor pioneer valley book & paper fair in Northampton on Sunday October 16 – when not cataloging or weeding get on my bike or in the pool or just jog over taylor hill – another basic mixed bag here – recent acquisitions from here & there & the end is not in sight . . .
at your service –
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