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With a forecast of thirteen inches of snow by the end of the day, the Northeast Kingdom is experiencing, what locals call, “An old fashion winter”. We have received more snow in the last two weeks than the last two winters. I share this p
“Scholar Printer with Christmas Tree” Color linocut by Moriz Jung (1885–1915). Moriz was an Austrian artist and illustrator associated with the Wiener Werkstätte, known for his innovative postcards and satirical works that blen
On September 21st of this month, Stephen King turned seventy-seven years old. Forty years ago, in 1984, the private press of Stephen King, The Philtrum Press, in Bangor, Maine, published his “The Eyes of The Dragon” in an edition of 1,25
From Alphabets of Grace, a 1986 calendar of letterforms & type designs, printed in two colors letterpress, on a unique letterpress version of Curtis Tweedweave paper, by The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont. (10.875 x 10.875 inches) Designe
This expertly photograph of the gravestone of John Foster, was made by John Woolf (www.jwoolf.com/portfolios/), Digital Systems Manager at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The gravestone is on view in the museum’s Art of the American Wing. Ame
Maurice Sendak, 10 June 1928 – 8 May 2012. Image above is page 13, from In the Night Kitchen ( 40 pages, 8.5” x 11” ). This Caldecott Honor Children’s book, was written and illustrated by Maurice, first published in hardcover
Pages 1 & 4 of a prospectus from the Lanston Monotype Company, Philadelphia, PA, announcing, in 1958, that the typeface Californian, designed by Frederic W. Goudy (8 March 1865 – 11 May 1947), is now available generally. This typeface was o
South Lunenburg, Vermont is looking forward to witnessing a total solar eclipse, last seen here in the Northeast Kingdom in 1932. It will be twenty more years until we witness another eclipse in the contiguous United States. In the US, totality will
Saddened to hear of the passing of Howard Gralla (29 November 1946 – 8 February 2024), teacher, friend and longtime patron of The Meriden Gravure and The Stinehour Press. I was first introduced to Howard in 1969, as a student at Rochester Inst
Today is the birthday of Vermonter, Wilson Alwyn Bentley, known as “Snowflake” Bentley, one of the first known photographers of snowflakes.( I would argue that in this winter of 2024, Bentley would find snowflakes in short supply.) He was