C&P Pilot

The Blue Room

September 1, 2010

I don’t know that we’ll really call this space “The Blue Room” but it does have one blue wall. The space is a little “shop” that my brother built on his property many years ago. It’s small, about 250 sq. ft. altogether, and cleverly built from old truck boxes (but you wouldn’t know that just [...]

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It followed me home; may I keep it?

March 30, 2010

Day one, of my C&P Pilot tabletop printing press being HOME! It’s been languishing in the ex’s garage … waiting until I had a place to put it, and someone with the muscle and rig required to manhandle the 160 pounds of awkwardness. My brother is in town today, so he helped me get my [...]

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Wishes. Wheels.

March 26, 2010

Several weeks ago I started looking more seriously for space that could become my studio. The hunt had some real Goldilocks kinds of features. For one, I didn’t truly decide I wanted a studio. Instead, I realized that since I needed a place to “store” my printing press, perhaps I ought to go ahead and [...]

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Identifying the roots of dismay and discontent

August 28, 2009

I have been feeling a lack of happiness for awhile. The very noticing of this is of course an essential first-step towards contending with it. Another vital step is moving from blaming the lack of happiness on an external something or other and moving onward to explore what it is about me that is amiss. [...]

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