today i meet with my printing group.  we bring a pot luck lunch, 

chat and then go to work.   there has been a nip in the southern 

california air so i made a pumpkin ginger soup. before i go 

i wanted to show you a journal spread in my altered little japanese book.

moving forward with attitude

i found this book in the used books selection at the library. 

 it brought back memories of being a college student at the 

university at santa barbara, feeling free, living by the beach

with my high school best friend as my roommate.  the vietnam 

war was going on, friends were being drafted or dodging the draft,

protests on campus rather than studies ran the roost, 'antiestablishment'

talk at the cafeteria.   i developed and ran an on campus tutoring program

designed for the minority students who met the enrollment quota but were

not prepared academically.  it was a heady time.  i read this book then.

drawings by gibran

it was a one dollar treasure.  i plan to alter the book

and created poems from the pages within.

wishing you a lovely day

XOXO