in succession my way home last week...

in succession my way home last week, I saw a sign that sent a pang of sorrow difficult into my heart--Base Camp, the much-beloved outdoor outfitter in aged Town run by Frank and Carol Schultz was closing.

"Must take a bribe for everything!" one of the cheery signs read. Well, I wasn't feeling cheery at all.

"Owner retiring," said another. Well, that at least I could understand. Frank and Carol have been at it for a in extent time, opening their first storefront in Fairhaven in 1972 in this way I could at least justify that part of the equation to myself.

But part