HOME!

Hey everyone, Ally here. just posting an update so that i have something to show for the fact that i am missing everyone plenty, and wishing i was making a broadside.

so i am home, after a wonderful yet interesting experience on the farm in new hampshire. i believe most will have a link to my flickr page but if not...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37361187@N07/
and my new but not permanent address (mom's)
4010 W 102nd Street
overland park, KS 66207

A friend from the farm forwarded me this...just tossing it out there in case anyone is in the area, which area is still in question...
http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/seeking-letterpress-partners/

I have been working for a company i had an internship with a few years ago, doing web design, reluctantly, knowing that i'd rather be painting or stacking lead. but its a (low) paying job, and jobs are hard to come by. So i suppose i am waiting it out until the next big thing comes around! Which i'm hoping is something like farming, or a somewhat lucrative apprenticeship learning carpentry...who knows, i have WAY too many ideas to focus on just one, let alone FIND where these opportunities may lie. any suggestions or leads, please send them my way.

Since leaving the farm i also (prematurely but passionately) applied for the studio coordinator position at Penland, managing the book&paper, letterpress, and printmaking studios. I didn't get the job, obviously, but was told that i was highly considered, so its ok. I've also almost applied for a baking position in their kitchen, knowing that any job at penland is a dream job. John, when are you teaching this year? maybe some of us can come visit...regardless i'd like to come down to AK and print soon :) and thank you thank you for the beautiful holiday card, its gorgeous.

SO i hope everyone else is having a WONDERFUL new year, and all is going according to plan (if you guys make plans). All the best to whoever reads this!!
xo~ALLY