[Magdalen] Loome Books moving back downtown

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 30, 2017 4:41 PM
>To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: [Magdalen] Loome Books moving back downtown
>
>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
I love Loome also.

I have personal associations. My father was born in Stillwater not too far from the church near the site of the former state prison.
Oneof the former proprietors was a young man that I had baptized at  St. Mary's in the early 70's.
They actually spent some few thousands on me over the years because they bought the duplicates from the Christ the Redeemer Library and then bought some of my items when I moved from Chicago to Atlanta, and came down again to buy some of my leftovers and also items from the library of a gentleman parishioner of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus who had a tremendous library.

My friend has his own store at this point.

I will probably return 

Joe