project updates, 2024w31
Since it's the final weeks of summer break, I'm still in that "three months of Saturdays" mode, creatively, and haven't gotten as far as I'd've liked with anything, really, but did manage to send off the first story in a collab with my best hermano from music school which he dug. Looking forward to hearing what genius sounds he concocts from my drabbled-out words.
While I'd intended to return to multiple projects left behind, only one of them still sung to me (mostly because I found my way back to it being fun to work with it again), so I want to power through it while I let seeds take root for the next stories in the collab. If nothing else, a solid excuse to fiddle about (again, still) with zines and attendant zinery.
Still hoping to move on to what I perceive as the next phase of my creative practice before year's end – though I do want to get the project mentioned above into the world first, a clearing of the decks from the before to the now.
And, finally, after four years of mucking about with fountain pens, I've returned to my favorite pen, that great workhorse among great workhorses, the Papermate Flair.
insulated and viced
Finished the roof and eaves insulation this afternoon and, so far, lungs aren't caving in from Pink Panther detritus. Also installed the antique vice I bought which wasn't the one I originally was going to buy, but buying this one from the old guy at K’s favorite booth scored her a good deal on her antique frogs, so I'll notch it as a victory. Solar is rough-wired, though I'm not sure when it will actually be up and running. Eventually. In the meantime, figuring out design and planks v drywall and etc etc.
Tried hair again, didn’t like it. Back to shorn noggin.
