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July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Letterpress printed with polymer plates, using words in Travis’ handwriting, on
cranes letters on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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cranes letters on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Letterpress printed with polymer plates, using words in Travis’ handwriting, on
cranes letters on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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cranes letters on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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I am inspired to be as honest as I can manage with friends, to be open, to continue to grow.
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am inspired to be as honest as I can manage with friends, to be open, to continue to grow.
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
Though there was also no card for response, I promoted recipients to write to an
old friend and ask: how are you? Really?
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
old friend and ask: how are you? Really?
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Though there was also no card for response, I promoted recipients to write to an
old friend and ask: how are you? Really?
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
old friend and ask: how are you? Really?
I’ve been thinking lately about how you don’t always know whose lives you touch,
and I continue to meet and connect to people who knew him.
It was crushing to lose him, to learn what he might have been like in his last year, how little I knew.
I printed this card and shared with friends and mourners at his memorial. I mailed
it to anyone who asked. I keep it on a shelf still, nine years later.
I printed this card and shared with friends and mourners at his memorial. I mailed
it to anyone who asked. I keep it on a shelf still, nine years later.
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It was crushing to lose him, to learn what he might have been like in his last year, how little I knew.
I printed this card and shared with friends and mourners at his memorial. I mailed
it to anyone who asked. I keep it on a shelf still, nine years later.
I printed this card and shared with friends and mourners at his memorial. I mailed
it to anyone who asked. I keep it on a shelf still, nine years later.
Only in his last weeks did he share his struggles with alcoholism directly.
After he died, reading through the old texts, I found numerous references to
drinking, wine bottles, and a new start. I felt foolish and stupid and wondered what had I missed or misunderstood in our friendship.
After he died, reading through the old texts, I found numerous references to
drinking, wine bottles, and a new start. I felt foolish and stupid and wondered what had I missed or misunderstood in our friendship.
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Only in his last weeks did he share his struggles with alcoholism directly.
After he died, reading through the old texts, I found numerous references to
drinking, wine bottles, and a new start. I felt foolish and stupid and wondered what had I missed or misunderstood in our friendship.
After he died, reading through the old texts, I found numerous references to
drinking, wine bottles, and a new start. I felt foolish and stupid and wondered what had I missed or misunderstood in our friendship.
May we all stay in touch and lead many lives.
A wish for a connected future.
We were penpals for fifteen years, met up in different cities, shared books, talked
about relationships and writing and plans.
A wish for a connected future.
We were penpals for fifteen years, met up in different cities, shared books, talked
about relationships and writing and plans.
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
May we all stay in touch and lead many lives.
A wish for a connected future.
We were penpals for fifteen years, met up in different cities, shared books, talked
about relationships and writing and plans.
A wish for a connected future.
We were penpals for fifteen years, met up in different cities, shared books, talked
about relationships and writing and plans.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Experimenting is the way to grow.
Careful eyes may notice I finally started numbering the cards on the back, so
when you respond to me, I know which card it is. Oof.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on cranes letters on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
Careful eyes may notice I finally started numbering the cards on the back, so
when you respond to me, I know which card it is. Oof.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on cranes letters on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
July 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Experimenting is the way to grow.
Careful eyes may notice I finally started numbering the cards on the back, so
when you respond to me, I know which card it is. Oof.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on cranes letters on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
Careful eyes may notice I finally started numbering the cards on the back, so
when you respond to me, I know which card it is. Oof.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on cranes letters on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
I think this phrase can read like it is telling you to buck up! Don’t be sad! That’s not it though: be sad. When you are full of energy again, reach out, support your pals.
I was loving the pink and brown combo and again, I liked the gradient background.
I often try things a few ways.
I was loving the pink and brown combo and again, I liked the gradient background.
I often try things a few ways.
July 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think this phrase can read like it is telling you to buck up! Don’t be sad! That’s not it though: be sad. When you are full of energy again, reach out, support your pals.
I was loving the pink and brown combo and again, I liked the gradient background.
I often try things a few ways.
I was loving the pink and brown combo and again, I liked the gradient background.
I often try things a few ways.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
if you want your chance to participate you gotta sign up! buff.ly/ynbjKdZ
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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July 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
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For this card I also used an illustration from Sol Weiss and a quote from Walter
Peyton, because we share a birthday (thank you 80’s newspaper for that
information years ago). When I discovered that this former Chicago Bear’s
nickname was “sweetness”, well, how could I resist?
Peyton, because we share a birthday (thank you 80’s newspaper for that
information years ago). When I discovered that this former Chicago Bear’s
nickname was “sweetness”, well, how could I resist?
July 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
For this card I also used an illustration from Sol Weiss and a quote from Walter
Peyton, because we share a birthday (thank you 80’s newspaper for that
information years ago). When I discovered that this former Chicago Bear’s
nickname was “sweetness”, well, how could I resist?
Peyton, because we share a birthday (thank you 80’s newspaper for that
information years ago). When I discovered that this former Chicago Bear’s
nickname was “sweetness”, well, how could I resist?
Tucked into a lot not too far from my house in West Oakland was a small urban
farm. They started in a garden just two blocks behind my house. I walked over on
the weekends to buy produce and small bouquets of flowers. They also helped
residents build raised planter boxes, way before the pandemic.
farm. They started in a garden just two blocks behind my house. I walked over on
the weekends to buy produce and small bouquets of flowers. They also helped
residents build raised planter boxes, way before the pandemic.
July 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tucked into a lot not too far from my house in West Oakland was a small urban
farm. They started in a garden just two blocks behind my house. I walked over on
the weekends to buy produce and small bouquets of flowers. They also helped
residents build raised planter boxes, way before the pandemic.
farm. They started in a garden just two blocks behind my house. I walked over on
the weekends to buy produce and small bouquets of flowers. They also helped
residents build raised planter boxes, way before the pandemic.
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July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I sure over inked the heck outta the text with oil based ink and maybe, going
forward I will switch back to rubber because I am clearly not careful enough.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
forward I will switch back to rubber because I am clearly not careful enough.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I sure over inked the heck outta the text with oil based ink and maybe, going
forward I will switch back to rubber because I am clearly not careful enough.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
forward I will switch back to rubber because I am clearly not careful enough.
Letterpress printed with polymer plates on French Paper on a borrowed
Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
Ok print nerds aside, a bit of wisdom from the great Joan Rivers. Sorry everyone,
things are often hard. But you learn to handle it, how and when to fight, how to
cope, when to let go. Like Kenny Rodgers (hey wait, is the Gambler about more
than poker? Is it about life?)
things are often hard. But you learn to handle it, how and when to fight, how to
cope, when to let go. Like Kenny Rodgers (hey wait, is the Gambler about more
than poker? Is it about life?)
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ok print nerds aside, a bit of wisdom from the great Joan Rivers. Sorry everyone,
things are often hard. But you learn to handle it, how and when to fight, how to
cope, when to let go. Like Kenny Rodgers (hey wait, is the Gambler about more
than poker? Is it about life?)
things are often hard. But you learn to handle it, how and when to fight, how to
cope, when to let go. Like Kenny Rodgers (hey wait, is the Gambler about more
than poker? Is it about life?)
if you want your chance to participate you gotta sign up! buff.ly/ynbjKdZ
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#Heidelburg
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July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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A grain of inspiration, a few tools and tricks and here we are.
I don’t see it at the time but writing these posts sure helps me reflect.
I love a fill-in-the-blank too.
Printed with polymer plates on French Paper using copper ink because why not, on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
I don’t see it at the time but writing these posts sure helps me reflect.
I love a fill-in-the-blank too.
Printed with polymer plates on French Paper using copper ink because why not, on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A grain of inspiration, a few tools and tricks and here we are.
I don’t see it at the time but writing these posts sure helps me reflect.
I love a fill-in-the-blank too.
Printed with polymer plates on French Paper using copper ink because why not, on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
I don’t see it at the time but writing these posts sure helps me reflect.
I love a fill-in-the-blank too.
Printed with polymer plates on French Paper using copper ink because why not, on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.
In one of these classes, a teacher said: you are not a human being having a
spiritual experience, you are a spiritual being having a human experience. And I
took notes. And made a collage. Because that is how I roll. Literally. This is how all
my prints get made.
spiritual experience, you are a spiritual being having a human experience. And I
took notes. And made a collage. Because that is how I roll. Literally. This is how all
my prints get made.
July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In one of these classes, a teacher said: you are not a human being having a
spiritual experience, you are a spiritual being having a human experience. And I
took notes. And made a collage. Because that is how I roll. Literally. This is how all
my prints get made.
spiritual experience, you are a spiritual being having a human experience. And I
took notes. And made a collage. Because that is how I roll. Literally. This is how all
my prints get made.
This roundabout path allowed me to develop as a teacher with the support of teachers like Jenifer Meek, who taught me so much about inclusion and accessibility.
July 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This roundabout path allowed me to develop as a teacher with the support of teachers like Jenifer Meek, who taught me so much about inclusion and accessibility.