My little sister arrived last night from Maine! and she'll be with me for a week. It is so fun to see Austin through someone else's eyes. She hasn't been…

There is a grapefruit tree two blocks from my house. One morning this week I was walking by and I noticed these round yellow/green fruits, rather dirty from road dust…

yesterday was not so much about observation as it was about experiencing! being a part! of history! Last night I updated my facebook status to: "Jeanne is so moved, grateful…

Museum exhibits and books do share John Begg's definition of the book as "a three dimensional container of ideas." Museum exhibits, books, the internet, and many other forms of expression…

I am reading Books For Our Time. This collection, published in 1951, presents essays from well- known book designers (from the first half of the 20th century) on what a…

I enjoyed a few hours at the Texas Book Festival. Yesterday was such a beautiful, warm, calm day. Friendly looking families with kids milled through white tents filled with books…

another trip to the library, returning some recalled books and picking up some new ones. Actually pretty old ones. 1936. Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain & Perfect Pronunciation. The even…

About a month and a half ago, I wandered into Cornucopia, a tiny store on Guadelupe behind Veggie Heaven that sells 45 flavors of popcorn. (The place is located near…

Today, I met a dog who likes to drink beer. I was drinking from a tall, green, glass bottle a flavored carbonated beverage called Topo Chico [Twist of Lime. With…

This is a poster for a paper show designed by Ikko Tanaka and photographed by Nakamoto Noritoyo in 1988. Why do I love this? - light and shadow, texture, colors- integration…