[inside are two bottles of wine (a zinfandel from sonoma county, CA and a chardonnay from texas hill country), one more of kentucky bourbon, a book, and a note — in familiar, tiny cursive:]
I'm gonna keep forgetting to give you this, it's just some stuff you might like? That made me think of you. Or you drinking your way across the country I guess.
But in a good way.
[the book, wrapped in tissue paper and then kraft paper, is a signed first-edition copy of time exposure by william henry jackson. another note's tucked into the jacket, dated 5/5/23:]
Hi Ru,
Happy birthday. Got you something just how you like it (old as dirt). Jackson's the guy who took all those pics of Yellowstone when it was only maybe gonna be a park? And then the gov was like "Holy shit y'all these photos are fucking neat. Yeah ok sure let's make national parks a thing startin THERE." You probably already know that but whatever
Sorry I'm not there to help you celebrate, I'll make it up to you next year. Hope it's a good one anyways.
(Let it be known that Rufus needed a very long sit down after reading all of these notes and examining all of these extremely thoughtful and meaningful gifts.)
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tote bag left at rufus's door EARLY 5/26
[the book, wrapped in tissue paper and then kraft paper, is a signed first-edition copy of time exposure by william henry jackson. another note's tucked into the jacket, dated 5/5/23:]
Re: tote bag left at rufus's door EARLY 5/26
Re: tote bag left at rufus's door EARLY 5/26
Re: tote bag left at rufus's door EARLY 5/26