He told us that he had "one of those great serendipitous occurrences" with his shelves. He has a friend on the east coast who buys up books from Borders Stores when they close. His friend knew of a Borders that was closing only a few miles from Tim's home. Tim said that in the space of three days, he went to the store, instantly bought all the shelving, disassembled it, and put it in a storage shed until time to reassemble the cases at Meta Books. "In about two weeks," he says, crossing his fingers, I’m sure.

If you are in the Pacific Northwest after November 15, Tim would like to invite you to visit him at Meta Books, 1916 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402. His website, which is still under construction (as is mine, and has been since Methuselah was born), is www.meta-books.com and his email is tim.lohraff@gmail.com. You can call him at 253-627-4440, but wait until his phone is hooked up. We wish him the best of luck, and I can hardly wait to go to Tacoma and see his cool, new, used bookstore.