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Shelter In Place
A limited edition book of poems, artwork and surreal riffs composed during the Pandemic of 2020-22. Visited often by the deer neighbors and feeling kinship with their browsing nature. The tension between extreme human calamity and serene natural world indifference.
Trade paperback…but with letterpress covers on handmade paper.
Journeyman’s Dues
A memoir of experiences as a young union carpenter 50 years ago on large-scale building projects on the West Coast. The book moves from job to job touching particularly on some significant projects in San Francisco: the Palace of Fine Arts, St. Mary's Cathedral, Moscone Center and the Unitarian Church.
On some jobs the salient memories have to do with the technical wonders...like a complex roof structure on a cathedral. On others, it's the particular dynamic of a crew finding its voice as union brothers. Some chapters describe a near-death experience, or a racially-charged confrontation. And every story reveals the kinds of people who did this work half a century ago. Adventures, human drama, & carpentry lore: How can you not?
A memoir of working as a union carpenter on large civic projects from 1965-83 on the West Coast. Monumental buildings like cathedrals, the Moscone Center, the Palace of Fine Arts…and the particular kinds of people who do the work. Told from the inside from apprentice to journeyman with many reflections about the nature of work itself.