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• Jason and I wound up at The Monkey’s Paw – ‘Toronto’s most idiosyncratic secondhand bookshop’.
• We leafed through a number of curious books, but the only thing I took home was a praying mantis encased in glass.
• Last year I found a 1935 edition of The Universal Book of Hobbies and Handicrafts outside my local library.
• ‘Every member of the family should have a hobby,’ it states.
• Between Motoring and Practical Music, it recommends Mushroom Growing as a ‘most rewarding pursuit’.
• I had to catch my flight, so we said our goodbyes.