Book swap

This year I received a message to participate in a book swap in memory of Joey.  The idea was that we would choose a book that in some way reminded of us Joey. This is such a neat idea and one that allows all of those connected to him in some way to celebrate his memory and this new holiday.

Scott and I each chose different books.  I went with Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast.  This book was one that I remember Joey reading in high school and going on and on about.  I explained in my note that I was into Fitzgerald at the time but it seems that I must have been reading the Russians during this phase.  It doesn't matter what I was reading.  What matters is that I remember this book meaning something to Joey.

Scott chose Herman Hesse's Siddhartha since this was the book he was reading when he first met Joey.

We went to ship the package to "JPD Holiday Book Swap".  The girl at the store printed out the label  and had me look over the label to be sure everything was correct.  What I saw was addressed to the "JPD Holiday Book Squad".  I didn't say a word about the typo, handed the box back, and told her that all looked good.  Sometimes the typos get things not only correct, but get them perfectly appropriate.  Joey would have liked that little mistake.

Here's to the cheer of the JPD Holiday Book Squad!