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  • Terri-Lynn

    Okay, I just saw what really happened to Terri-Lynn. She curls her toes in the sand, as Dr. Reynaldo Bellissimo, the hot young physician who cured her completely of cancer and whisked her and Liam away to this island paradise, rubs lotion on her back. She sighs with pleasure as Sven, the cabana boy, refreshes…

  • Thanks for your well wishes – they seem to have helped because I am much, much better today. In fact, I feel better than I have been in months, so I must be careful not to go crazy and overdo it in the garden! During my down time, I created a new Etsy shop. There…

  • Holy cow, I kinda hate to complain because I know a lot of people who deal with a lot worse read this blog, but that steroid shot in the hip was a real muhthah. I had myself convinced that it might be a little worse than a normal shot in the hip because of a…

  • Travel Journal

    Finished a slim altered book that I think would make a nice travel journal. The map was already part of the book. The first and last pages and the painted paper on the inside covers is from the batch of artichoke paper I made last fall. The inner paper is mulberry paper that I bought…

  • Slept a good part of the day. Sometimes it’s as if I just have to stop and recharge my battery. I’ve almost finished making a book. I’ll try to get a good photo tomorrow. The binding is very simple, but it is wildly and beautifully painted. I’m going to tie some beads to it and…

  • Best comment seen all day: “Thank you, Michael Jackson. Love, Mark Sanford.” Headachy, probably allergies, I hope. Came home early and took a nap. Green paper is dry and is in my super-technological paper press – a stack of boards and books. The one with the ginkgo leaves embedded inside is nice and I’ll have…

  • A cappella I’ll Be There

    If you only watch one Michael Jackson video, this should be the one.

  • The first cassette tape I ever bought for myself was the Jackson 5, I guess around 1970-71. My mother wasn’t very happy, but it was my allowance money. I loved Michael Jackson, and I think that he was a truly great artist. My heart twisted with every new photo of him and every ugly news…

  • green paper made from mostly green scraps of paper, leftover pulp from other batches, tiny bits of aqua cotton flake yarn swarmed while cleaning mould and deckle with hose, killed mosquito, not before it drew blood book titled “The Wind and the Rain,” covered with sweet smelling brown basil blossom paper, what now – collage?…

  • Wendell Berry picks jail over NAIS

    Go, Wendell, go! Looks like a great website, too.