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So I emailed him a copy of Chicken Freedom. Not a story, per se, but short enough, I was guessing, for whatever he needed it for. I was expecting post cards or perhaps some sort of flyer.
But wow! Look what came for me in the mail today. I love how old school this is--see how it's all wrapped up in craft paper and twine? Even without me saying so, you can tell that this is a handkerchief-carrying, old-fashioned kind of guy. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01TN6zbRTP5zGiVnN0YhOgxJ1UNCr2Qncs4wQjsr0LeULLngOZazF79eHn86KZdedOjYyh9gC1nCRug5e0dtuce95iucW2UTHdd3Bth_GybO67rH1AA7vSHcLgjkDqrsgmMoqpHosvoUN/s200/look+how+tiny.jpg)
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These are miniature books, and according to Andy, three inches is the maximum dimension allowed in order to qualify. Who knew there were qualifications for such things?
They are 6 point type hand and Linotype set. I keep seeing him hunched over a cluttered work bench in a noisy, dark workshop, setting all these teeny tiny letters by hand and in reverse. He probably worked all night by the light of a short little candle stub, too.
He's made both hard and soft cover editions. Hand printed on a Sigwalt press. Signed and numbered. Again I say, "wow."
Andy, you know all that stuff I said when we were working on the NASM reaccreditation? About how I wanted nothing more than to poke you in your ear hole with a cello bow? Well, I want you to know that I didn't really mean it. Not really truly.
Waaaiiiit a minute.
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I actually said all that stuff out loud. Never mind.
Thank you, Andy.
1 comment:
Jane, how neat is that? You have some great friends which sometimes surprises me since you poke fun at all and sundry. I happen to have a soft spot for a couple of them as well, with Andy being one of them. We once took a computer programming class together, back in the days when computers were an entire room of huge machines that made lots of noise. We had to write a program to make that big machine do something logical. After that experience, I'm not surprised to know he can set type as well as play a mean horn.
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