[Magdalen] Loome Books moving back downtown

[anthony clavier]

What a delightful letter Scott.

Warmly,

+Tony

The  Rt. Rev. Anthony F.M. Clavier
Co-editor, The Anglican Digest, Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen
Carbon and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City, Illinois.

On May 30, 2017 3:42 PM, "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many of you know of the marvelous Loome Theological Bookstore that for
> years occupied an old Swedish Covenant (= Evangelical Covenant) church
> in downtown Stillwater, Minnesota (near St. Paul). A few years ago
> they moved out of the church building and out to a building on
> farmland nearby. They're now moving back downtown (but haven't
> announced which building yet):
>
> https://www.loomebooks.com/Loome.cfm?PageID=2710
>
> I fondly recall a visit to the old church location. They had phoned me
> to say they had obtained a nice copy of a five-line-staff-notation
> edition of the Liber Usualis (Gregorian chant compendium) and could I
> confirm my shipping information. Well, I was so thrilled, I said,
> "I'll pick it up on Saturday," and I rented a car and drove up across
> Wisconsin to get the book (and stay a couple of nights in St. Paul).
>
> Of course I bought more than the Liber from their vast inventory. Also
> got a pristine like-new slip-covered large-print hardcover of the
> Church of England's 1928 Proposed BCP for $40, a steal. And a few
> other wonders.
>
> And attended a rare USA performance of Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius" at
> St. Mark's Cathedral. And experienced a midnight fire alarm at the
> Holiday Inn, which included some nice conversation time in the parking
> lot with a couple of very handsome athletes who had evacuated their
> rooms in their white briefs only. (I, oddly, took 20 seconds to get
> fully dressed before departing my room.) I did offer them my light
> jacket but they assured me they were all right in almost nothing. Fine
> with me...  (There had been a fire in the kitchen, and it was put out
> within a few minutes.)
>
> So Loome has some treasured associations for me. :)
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>