Friday, July 03, 2009




Some old photos...
It is 9:22 a.m. and 81 degrees in Palm Harbor.Sadie is under the desk , Rosie at work and kitties laying around.

I read most of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee Mysteries (there are 21) about 10-15 years ago (or more), so when I bought a box of 34 McGee's at a garage sale several weeks ago for 5 bucks, I was delighted to be able to re-read them. McGee is a houseboat bum who lives in Florida and solves cases occasionally for a living.



Yesterday, to my wonderment, I discovered that three of the paperbacks are first edition, first printing , SIGNED copies--a quick perusal of the net indicates by way of comparables that they may be worth up to a hundred dollars each on the current market! Oh, goody!

Go Gators

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