5 years after a devastating flood ravaged Downtown San Anselmo to the tune of 30 million dollars, shops along the normally quaint Main Street of this idyllic Marin County village are confronted with another disaster. The storms which have hammered the San Francisco area this week have inundated San Anselmo with day after day …of punishing rainfall, engorging the local creek to its limits. This morning, the now rushing torrent was 1 solitary foot below cresting. Further storms are expected to continue through week’s end. Sandbagging, flood gating, removal of merchandise, sealing of walls and windows, etc. are the main occupation of most store owners along the avenue. Local T.V. crews prowl the area for stories of fear and terror. Here at the HBG…we’ve done ’bout everything we can do and the staff are now resigned to sitting back with a large supply of cheap jug wine and just watching the skies. Some along the Avenue have suggested our sandbagging is a bit extreme and indicates the presence of severe neurosis. Well…yeah…so ? We’re Rare Booksellers…does THAT sound like we’re fundamentally normal in the first place ?