I’ve been having fun on my little Craftsmen platen press – and indulging my inner Crank at the same time. I’m contemplating who is going to be on the receiving end of these grumpy missives. […]
Stable — or Unstable?
A broadside printed just for fun and friends who love horses. I have it on reliable authority though that we horse lovers can occasionally be unstable in our devotion. I’m not inclined to reprint, […]
The Desiderata
An untitled prose poem written by American poet Max Erhmann in 1927. It was published posthumously by his widow in 1945 as “The Desiderata” in The Poems of Max Ehrmann, 1945. The copyright of this […]
How to level a platen… or, When to leave well enough alone.
After a long sojourn, my Craftsmen Monarch press has finally come home. Years ago, when I first acquired the print shop from Otto Graser (a founding father of the Ottawa Press Gang), I was so […]
Folding, sewing and contemplating Les — and my press
Work on the eulogy is nearly complete, leaving me feeling both relieved and sad. With each paragraph I typeset, I recalled a hundred memories of my dear, crazy, funny & cantankerous father-in-law. The printing […]
Printing the bittersweet
The morning’s torrential rains drove me out of the garden and into the print room to continue with the eulogy I’m working on for my father-in-law. While I’m pleased that the words finally fell […]