story

the white table with shifu knitty noddy "snake", ancient beads

old bone hooks, a blizzard binding sample, linen samples

 sometimes i think this messing around with fiber is 

particularly 

a woman's way of telling a story. 

a story that traces time, emotion, grace.

adding paper makes it a book.

shifu book, blue cotton paper, lily of the valley and abaca paper

and i reflect on my recent travels.

at the morgan i was given a gift after the last student left,

and the tables were cleared, 

and my stuff all packed up and ready to load. 

 tom invited me to use a big mould and work at a

wonderful big vat

making pale blue paper

while susan made lily of the valley paper.

oh my.

i could feel the strain of the big dip

between my shoulders.

it felt good.

after a while it was enough, i was tired.

a shifu square dyed with slippery elm 

today, the amazing susan sent me

my papers, in a big tube,

and a sampling of her papers she is naming after me.