The Intellectual Lonely Bookstore & Cafe is my apartment – here now in Loveland, Colorado. It’s not at all like my apartment in Westminster. Because that was The Magpie Cafe. Or more accurately, just a dream I had. Six years ago. Before the s__t really hit the fan.
Intellectual Loneliness
Intellectual loneliness is what happens to you in the absence of others who speak the same language as you. David Foster Wallace believed that that is why writers write – to quell their loneliness. In essence, writers (some) are actually talking to themselves, thinking out loud when writing. They are curious. Moreover, in the process of writing they try and put the pieces of a puzzle together.*
Books
Books are the result of that process. They are stories; but often without satisfying endings. Endings are the hardest part of any story. Because we don’t know. The End is in the future.
The Menu
The menu is simply the chef’s (me) special of the day. It could be a burger, hot dog, or grilled cheese sandwich. Alternatively: chili, spaghetti, or some casserole. Maybe French onion soup. Perhaps a chef’s salad. Sometimes there is guacamole, with chips, of course. Warm tortillas, too. Usually there are nuts and dried fruit to munch on.
Dessert might be a pie, or cookies. With ice cream if so desired.
Additionally, of course, there are beverages: coffee, tea, water and whiskey. Or, bring your own.
Special occasion? I might mix up Brandy Alexanders. With ice cream, of course.
The House Band
Loneliest Soul heads the playlist, a rockin’ song by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. Watch it here as they performed it at Red Rocks. August 19, 2016. That was before everyone flipped their lids. She knows. She’s got the medicine! Watch this. If you have any doubt.
Post Script
This is the eighth (8th) anniversary of my starting this blog. So here we are.
Thank you to those who have been with me since the beginning. You know who you are. 😉 To you I say: Hang in there and take care of yourself!
- Shout out to Kathryn Paige Harden for that notion.