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What’s With All The Recaps?

Why is December, particularly late in the month, filled with ‘Best Of’ TV shows, ‘Top Ten of the Year’ magazine articles, and retrospective blog posts? It’s Easy Look back over the year. Make a list. Pick a few favorites. Add pithy commentary. Done. It’s Convenient With everything in one place, I can see the yearContinue reading “What’s With All The Recaps?”

AlphaBooks 2018

Graphic Design Zigby Camps Out, Brian Patterson [Letter Art, AlphaBooks: Z is for Zigby] The Gypsies, Jan Yoors [Letter Art, AlphaBooks: Y is for Yoors] Winning Colors, Elizabeth Moon [Letter Art, AlphaBooks: X is for Xavier] The Horse’s Name Was … , Terri A. Wear [W is for Wear] A Special Kind ofContinue reading “AlphaBooks 2018”

The Worst and The Best

Graphic Design Adapted from an Instagram post by @lauree, 11/15/18 Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

AlphaBooks, A is for Akrill

Graphic Design Not Quite A Horsewoman by Caroline Akrill Illustrated by Anne Pilgrim Allen 1982, 2009 Read. Non-fiction. Inkscape. Grid & triangles. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

AlphaBooks, B is for Bonnie

Graphic Design Hold Your Horses Bonnie Timmons Workman 2003 If the cartoons look familiar, Timmons drew the comics for the TV show Caroline in the City. Favorite page is where she compares horse breeds to cars, for example: Thoroughbred/Ferrari – Fast, sleek, a nice ride when not in the shop. And so on.Continue reading “AlphaBooks, B is for Bonnie”

AlphaBooks, C is for Calkins

Graphic Design Lady On The Hunt Clinch Calkins with drawings by R. J. Davidson 1950 Harper 1940 Bought from Frost Pocket Farm via AbeBooks.com. In my TBR pile, but realistically so far down as to never reach daylight. Calkins appears to be a Very Serious writer, who “also published two novels satirizing theContinue reading “AlphaBooks, C is for Calkins”

AlphaBooks, D is for Davis

Graphic Design Hobby Horse Hill by Lavinia R. Davis 1939 Pocket 1949 Bought from Basket Case Books via AbeBooks. Based on a recommendation from the blog of Todd Klein, “My favorite Davis books are about children and horses, ponies and donkeys, all riding animals, with the top title being “Hobby Horse Hill.” There areContinue reading “AlphaBooks, D is for Davis”