if…..

if your birthday

and thanksgiving

and hanukkah

are all the same day

i guess it's ok

to travel to toronto

to spend thanksgiving break away,

avoid buy nothing day

and come home on saturday

having

visited with two of the most amazing women in the world

aimee and wendy,

eaten a meal with paper people*

visited the ontario college of art and design

met amos kennedy (read his name with gusto and delight)

visited the japanese paper place

and wonderful nancy

eaten delicious soups and pesto

with dandelion and beet greens

walked in a city that's friendly and beautiful

visited soma (read with a sigh)

and looked at inuit art.

anyway,

that's what i did.

visiting the wendy/velma book

currently holding holy water! 

the prints

(i made one like this) 

amos hard at play 

aimee looking at prints that amos brought

for the ocad book arts fair.

we were a little disappointed that the textile museum

was between exhibitions, 

but we did find a quiet hidey-hole

to strip off some extra winter layers

so aimee could breathe.

and i found some friendly bones.