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On sneaky fostering of handwriting letters
“a lady’s traveling box” from Thomas Sheraton The Cabinet Maker And Upholster’s Drawing-Book (1793), with accessories for both writing and dressing… visit http://www.hygra.com/writing.html for more fun! Or BLATANT fostering. I promised some further resources to those who (thanks again!) all came … Continue reading
On celebrating the handwritten letter
I have asked the Bozeman Public Library to help me with a long-held project. In January the Library will be celebrating the extraordinary beauty of handwriting letters (and sending them!) We invite you to join us in an exploration of … Continue reading
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Emerson on intellect…
If you gather apples in the sunshine, or make hay, or hoe corn, and then retire within doors, and shut your eyes, and press them with your hand, you shall still see apples hanging in the bright light, with boughs … Continue reading
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On a magazine profile
This month my doves and I are the featured profile of “Balance,” one of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle’s monthly magazines. It was great fun! Things we don’t know about the people around us — now you know.
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On field journals:
Creating the fictional entomological field journals of my many-times great grandfather Capt. Hale, along with his entire entomological collection. Gratification, as it lets me combine long-time interests in insects, 17th century three-dimensional embroidery, 13th c. Iranian miniature illuminated manuscripts, monasticism, sailing … Continue reading
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Tagged bookbinding, calligraphy, death, fencing, fictional biology, field kits, genealogy, homing pigeons, insects, Iranian illuminated manuscripts, journals, lap desks, love letters, maps, marginalia, masks, monasticism, music, oysters, pens, pirates, port wine, secret drawers, ships, sketching, stumpwork, travel, valets, walled gardens, writing
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