Saturday, April 18, 2009

Going, a promise and page layout.

1. Just as I am waking up, my brother comes up to my room to say goodbye.

2. I have promised myself a train journey, a coffee, a couple of trashy magazines and a good long read of Ursula Le Guin's Planet of Exile. As the day's plans whirl round the breakfast table, I'm not sure if I can keep that promise to myself. But luckily, the car is too full, so I can't have a lift home -- instead I get a trip to the station with my aunt and a clean train journey.

3. I come home to a message from the people at Longbarn -- what do I think of these page designs for the Three Beautiful Things book?

Eggshell, turkey oak and grateful.

1. Smacking a hardboiled egg to break the shell. 2. Pale green leaves on the huge oak tree at the corner of The Grove. 3. There is nothing q...