it's amazing that some people are looking at these words and pictures. thank you. i'm still not sure how this fits in my life.

there's a feeling around here this morning, anticipation, excitement, and the weather responds with crazy warmth. almost 60 outside.

when i have a chunk of space and time, i can actually work. so i've been thinking about taking shifu books in another direction. perhaps board covers, so i'm playing around with little poplar boards. here they call it popple. a word i like. and i like these retired maps from my pilot nephew. (a new way to see alaska and the northwest territories.)