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Today DB posted the Comfort Dolls to New Zealand for distribution. I hope the recipients like them and derive some comfort from them.

I am still in the (very slow) process of tidying my studio. Deciding what I should keep and what I should throw out is difficult, and sometimes takes time.

Next week I hope to get back to my C&G studies, and also do some work on other things that I have either started or just dreamed about starting.

Coincidentally, yesterday I was talking about making a book, based on architectural elements, since that is my training and my other great love. Today in the mail came a package from Quilting Arts, including 'In This House'. This is a collaboration by 12 artists from all over the place, who all made books based on the same template and size containing the same number of pages. The book details their individual journeys and the results, with some explanations of how they made their own books.…

Am I really allowed to use that word without the 'bad word' police coming after me? Can you tell I live in over-regulated, over-security-conscious Australia? Enough already ....

Today, I have decided to make a book. Tired of reading about all these creative people who make 'books' - how do they do it? - where is the starting point? - what materials and media do they use? Aha! here it is, in the current issue of Cloth Paper Scissors: a woman whose name I can unfortunately not recall wri…