Curse you, Barnes and Noble.

Go back to 1980 when this beautiful actress co-starred with Christopher Reeve and Christopher Plumber in the highly romantic "Somewhere In Time." (The photo is a still from that movie.)

I have been enthralled by Jane Seymour for these past 30 plus years since I saw that movie.  I wasn't a regular viewer of  "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" but I was delighted when she was on last year's Mormon Tabernacle Christmas program and narrated "Good King Wenceslas."  She's sixty years old and still looks the same! Unbelievable.

Okay--so I was looking through the Deseret News last week and ran across a notice that Jane Seymour would be at the Barnes and Noble Book Store Monday, November 26, between 1:30 and 3:30 to sign copies of the book "Good King Wenceslas", which would include a DVD of her narration with the choir.

Barnes and Noble?  Hey --that's just a few blocks from where we live.  I remember attending another book signing I attended at that same store. Wow! A chance to see Jane Seymour IN PERSON.  Be still my heart.

So --Mom and I went to the Barnes and Noble about 1:00.  I was surprised that we could even find a parking spot, but there were plenty of them.   Hmmmmm. Doesn't the rest of the world know Jane Seymour is in town?

Seeing nothing that looked like preparations for a book signing, I asked one of the employees if this was where Jane Seymour would be signing books.  She gave me a blank stare.  I could almost read her lips:
"Who's Jane Seymour?" She knew nothing about any book signing but said she would inquire.  She came back and said, with what I thought was a touch of boredom, that no one knew anything about any book signing.  I began to wonder if I had imagined the whole thing.

Maybe I was mistaken.  Maybe it was at Deseret Book, which would make more sense because they're pushing the choir Christmas program quite heavily. So we started for Deseret Book, not too far away on State Street. Couldn't find the store!!! What's going on?  I know perfectly well there is a Deseret Book Store around here.  (Cue the theme music from "Twilight Zone".)

Not any more ----it's a Seagull Book store and the people there knew nothing about any book signing.
Oh well...might as well buy the book/DVD while we're there, which we did.

Back home I was determined to prove to myself that I wasn't making it all up about Jane Seymour signing books today. I got out the big stack of newspapers waiting to be thrown out (no recycling in this condo complex). Ahah!   Page C9, Friday Nov. 23 DesNews.
                            If you go...
                                 What: Jane Seymour book signing
                                  When: Monday, Nov. 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
                                  Where: Barnes and Noble, Sugarhouse, 1104 E. 2100 South

Oh ---THAT Barnes and Noble.

But doggone it, Sugarhouse is not all that far from the Barnes and Noble in Sandy, and if the people at the Sandy store had made the kind of inquiries they should have, we would have had plenty of time to make it.
How can the management of one B&N not have any clue of what's going on at their sister store close by? Especially when it involved Jane Seymour.

So near and yet so far.  Guess I'll just have to settle for a blank page in the book that is just begging for Jane's signature and my fond memories of "Somewhere In Time."

But it's going to be awhile before I let Barnes and Noble off the hook.