Now What Am I Going to Do When I Go Home?

Wordsworth, a Harvard Square institution where I used to do the majority of my book shopping in my high school years--and where I'd continue to stockpile books when I was on break from college and grad school--has closed.

The demise of WordsWorth [writes Jack Thomas in the Boston Globe] is another blow to Harvard Square, which has experienced, in recent months, the closings of Tweeter, HMV music, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Brine's Sporting Goods, which moved to Belmont after more than 130 years on Brattle Street. Among institutions that have closed in recent years are the Tasty diner, the Wursthaus, and Sage's market, which had been in business for more than a century.

Co-owner Hillel Travis is philosophical about the situation, however, and (at least in front of reporters) isn't blaming the closing on everyone from publishers to so-called readers, as others faced with shuttering their shops have done this year.