Mechanical Precision My left hand is numb. I am not used to gripping a composing stick for three hours. My kid-sized hand does not curl around it comfortably, so the metal edge digs into the webbing where my thumb meets my hand. But this is how it’s done – you hold the type in place …
Creative Pursuits
Just my type: Letterpress Week 3
I had this strange dream where everything was both upside down and backwards, but somehow I still knew what was going on even if I couldn’t begin to explain it. Wait a minute…that wasn’t a dream, that was Letterpress class last week! Put it into words In the computer world, any good word processing program …
A word, please; New Adventures in Letterpress
How big is your font? There is something kind of Freudian about Letterpress. So says Mitch the instructor at my first Lovin’ Letterpress class at GCAE. Is it the hulking machinery, the type that comes in all shapes and sizes, or the fragrances of solvents and oil-based inks? We “unleash the beast” (a giant paper …
Writing Aerobics
1.8 Miles, 200 Calories I am not “good” at exercise. I drag myself to my local gym 2-3 times per week and go through the motions. I’m a “plug in my earbuds and jog on the treadmill for the last half of a good crime drama”- kind of girl. Occasionally I wander around the weight …
Where’s the “communico” button?
Not quite accurate My nephew tells lies. He is four years old, so branding him a “liar” might be a bit extreme, though he does take liberties with the truth. Most of it is your typical caught-in-the-act denial: “It wasn’t me.” “I didn’t do it.” (Sure, kid. We’re all innocent.) Sometimes, his lie is more …
Catch a squirrel, change your life. Same difference.
First, show no fear. One day last week I return home from work to find “evidence” that a pest has invaded our house. A puddle on my desk and droppings here and there make that much clear. I presume a mouse, so buy an armful of mousetraps and, grumbling like a lunatic, patrol the house …
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An 80’s British rock band and a Russian gulag survivor: When creativity leaves a mark
Doh’! That’s gonna leave a mark My focus from the beginning has been on creativity. I am constantly thinking of – and jotting into a notebook – blog post ideas, character traits, phrases I hear, historic people or events to look up on the internet, books I want to read or re-read, movies I want …
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Ice and isolation
Snowbanked The depths of winter are a place of stark realities. Last week, winter nearly froze me in place. It works like that for those of us who live deep in winter country, literally and figuratively. Snow banks the size of Volkswagen beetles tag team against us alongside the insurmountable obstacles of our psyche. Winter …