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My mind wanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The NSRG is my opinionated travelogue and guide to places online and off, near and far, real and imagined.  It is my literary journal where I post thoughts about writing and books.  It is also my collector’s guide to collectors (and their collections) and collectibles that interest me. (Once upon a time, I owned my own collectibles business and ran online auctions; now, with the NSRG, you could say my business is collecting myself.)

Finally, the NSRG is whatever I want it to be – a weblog mapping the places where my mind wanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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