This Time Next Week

This time next week we will be in the air, flying to Addis Ababa. I've been packing and re-packing, putting in and taking out. Wondering how I'll get all the books there. How are the students doing with their packing and final preparations? Are everyone's papers in order? I'll be glad to be on the other side of these concerns, on the ground and meeting our partners at ILAE.

I've kept a lot of travel journals. They've evolved over the years. Once I got into the DIY/Maker frame of mind I started becoming a little more creative with them. Inspired by my long-time friend and colleague, Lindi, I made this little scrapbook for a trip to the east coast one spring.

Then, a purchased notebook with lots of 2-D memorabilia for a Burma trip in 2012 with two of my kids.

After I took a book making class, I made my own coptic stitch journal for last summer's trip to Japan. Stuffed like a tamale. So many paper tschotchkes in Japan...



















I made one for this trip using printed photos I took about 25 years ago for the covers. I have to review the directions for coptic stitch every time I make a journal, they just don't stick in my head. I can't wait to stuff it full!