1492-1881, A Poetic History of America on a Ledger Page, with Doodles string repair I love the form of

I love the form of a bulb bowl

especially a nice big set of 49

And then this wonderfully sculptural dress and fine wisps of hair framing her covered face

lending it the appearance of a painting

He looks very much like an inquisitive traveller to me

1492-1881, A Poetic History of America on a Ledger Page, with Doodles string repair I love the form ofThis page was salvaged from an old ledger in an overall state of disrepair and I think is really quite a poignant thing, making a sort of poetry of selected moments in American history as it distills them into a list of sorts, starting with 1776, then jumping back to 1492, then extending to 1881, which I believe is about when it was written. Year 1794 was trouble with an insurrection. Year 1812 saw a war with her once mother country. 1861 saw a bitter