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August 24, 1967
This morning I met with my new employers at The du Val Antique Shoppe. I’ll be working about fifteen hours a week, mostly doing consulting, restorations and appraisals. Today I looked at two old portraits and got a brief tour of the shop. Most of the objects are from the local area and I could feel the stories in some of them.
Later, I stopped at Janine’s place to look at her jewelry. She seems to be quite talented and was receptive to suggestions that might make her work more commercially acceptable. That could eventually enable her to work fewer hours at the Collinsport Inn. There were a couple of sketches on a corner table that were quite good but she said they weren’t hers and seemed reluctant to talk about them.
Tomorrow I am to meet with my father’s cousin, Professor Stokes. He’s quite busy but sounded genuinely interested in meeting with me. My evening meal was prepared in my small kitchen here at the Inn. I am an excellent cook and enjoy preparing my own meals. The vibration of the one preparing food has an effect and often I don’t care for the meals I get in restaurants. However, the apple pie from the coffee shop downstairs was quite good; I have brought it up here instead of lingering downstairs. People are still talking about the kidnapped girl who seemed to return from the dead and also about the attacks in town. That, plus the howling of the dogs tonight makes me want to stay in with a good book.
This morning I met with my new employers at The du Val Antique Shoppe. I’ll be working about fifteen hours a week, mostly doing consulting, restorations and appraisals. Today I looked at two old portraits and got a brief tour of the shop. Most of the objects are from the local area and I could feel the stories in some of them.
Later, I stopped at Janine’s place to look at her jewelry. She seems to be quite talented and was receptive to suggestions that might make her work more commercially acceptable. That could eventually enable her to work fewer hours at the Collinsport Inn. There were a couple of sketches on a corner table that were quite good but she said they weren’t hers and seemed reluctant to talk about them.
Tomorrow I am to meet with my father’s cousin, Professor Stokes. He’s quite busy but sounded genuinely interested in meeting with me. My evening meal was prepared in my small kitchen here at the Inn. I am an excellent cook and enjoy preparing my own meals. The vibration of the one preparing food has an effect and often I don’t care for the meals I get in restaurants. However, the apple pie from the coffee shop downstairs was quite good; I have brought it up here instead of lingering downstairs. People are still talking about the kidnapped girl who seemed to return from the dead and also about the attacks in town. That, plus the howling of the dogs tonight makes me want to stay in with a good book.
