Hangups

I don't know what my problem is with calling vendors. It's not like I need their love and esteem. But it takes sheer force of will to call a stranger, even right out of the yellow pages, and ask them if they are able/willing to provide the service I need.

Success achieved in small way today however: left voicemail for a house painter from Watertown. Also confirmed that Ace Hardware can repair my screen door if I bring it in (turnaround about one week).

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8. Scholar of Magics, by Caroline Stevermer. Much better structured than the previous volume, College of Magics.

(Actual book tally is moving slowly because I keep diverting to reread choice bits of books as I pack them. So assume that interspersed with these titles are, for instance, Rochester reuniting with Jane Eyre, and Becca Rosselin-Metadi eluding interstellar pursuit, and so forth.)