activities so far today: I sewed the copy of one of this year’s DO NOT PRESS books that is made for Scott H’s birthday. I used a pamphlet stitch pattern I put El otoño del patriarca back on my ear phones. I re-jogged the remaining 3+4 books in the two editions and re-placed them in…

Throughout October and November it has become an annual rite to set one or more small books into type. I do this to remember and honor my love of making books. This morning I remembered that I’m also preparing to teach in January, so my sabbatical mind is interrupted. Yesterday I finished the one I…

I’ve spent the last few days, weekend hours included, on my pi-top running Scribus, Font Manager, and Mousepad while typesetting something to share with colleagues this year from Do Not Press. Not teasers and no spoilers. Dingbats, and symbol fonts are more difficult to find if I want to avoid Dafont and Font Squirrel. Sigh.

I spent the day prepping the Pi-Top, adding typefaces. It’s a slow process, feels like 1986 all over again. I’ve been gathering the liner notes on the typefaces into a text document to have locally. Also, it’s been laundry day.

Karin got home last night and is back to work today. Today’s agenda includes the text about/by Ulises Carrión entitled Dear reader. Don’t read. I also have to watch the Artbound episode on Love & Rockets and the brothers Hernandez. I should also vet the media that emanated from my stay at Anderson Ranch before…

I’m going to be recalibrating some of my practices now that I’m back in my home studio. I was at a standing desk after I had tweaked my back. I have a sitting desk here. I want to re-think that. Printing onto Kozo (mulberry) paper with pigment-based inkjet ink feels like a winner and I…