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05/23/2026

05/23/2026

Here's a link to SORROW AND DISMAY -- a book of poems and historic photos.

https://a.co/d/09nWUpIS

Sorrow and Dismay: Illustrated Anti-War Poems of Captain Siegfried Sassoon

05/23/2026

Here's my Spotify Playlist for remembering the fallen.

Playlist · tcb · 18 items · 1 saves

05/03/2026

I just found out that my book Sorrow and Dismay is sold by the. National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. It's a collection of Siegfried Sassoon's poems. I designed the book and found the images to illustrate. All proceeds are tax free and support the museum. 😊

https://shop.theworldwar.org/products/sorrow-and-dismay-illustrated-anti-war-poems-of-captain-siegfried-sassoon?_pos=2&_sid=78a547505&_ss=r&fbclid=IwdGRjcARjc5xjbGNrBGNzgmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHq6kXo6-U7Je9yCWwAGuBteEbEK1PJ_RblZ4mPPCTvQzEKvGr0C9bywgeL43_aem_UL41cfmdRszGzWoNdwmv1Q

11/12/2025

The little German prayer book is done.

I glued the slip case where it had come apart, added bronze paint where cardboard showed for a distressed look (although it might just look messy), and added a washi tape of Japanese silver and gold fans. I thought, why fans? Turns out fans can symbolize blessings.

I added the loose pages to a signature that had come loose and was faced with staples! What to do? Since most of the book was intact, I just kept the staples. Gluing in the signature was simple but I'm not happy about it. I also had to find a facsimile of a missing September plate, which I did. I used a strange paper size to approximate what I needed and trimmed it down. Then I forgot that the edge of the new plate printed on cream card stock would scream 'I'm new!', so I found some ink pads and dabbed 2 colors to sort of match the gilded pages. All in all, it's okay ...