Now that I'm happily in the routine of posting pictures again, let me gloat over yet another recommendation: When I came back from a Christmas-and-New-Year's trip to New York and Maryland, it was via Midwest Express and its Milwaukee hub. Milwaukee has what is probably my favorite airport -- and that's in part because of its ambiance and in part because of what it has to offer to those willing to go into the main terminal and, so, through security again.

The bookstore in the Milwaukee airport is Renaissance Books, an outpost of the downtown store. And both locations offer that precious commodity: used books. The store even merits a Wikipedia entry. So it is that a book by Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) may be only a few shelves away from one by Bill Nye (1850-1896), with volumes by Garry Trudeau (1948-) and P.G. Wodehouse (1991-1975) to follow. And many, many books are way under current new-book prices.

Mind you, I spent a bit more than that on the trip -- but these were among what I found this time: