The day was spent hunched over the computer keyboard as I pulled together pieces I snipped from the finished book page PDFs to use as elements for promotional materials. It's a reminder of the work I did for the university library, now on a friend's behalf. So far we have a couple of versions of a promotional postcard, bookmarks, and a business card. All are made with InDesign so there are bleeds (the art goes past the edge so when the printer trims them the color goes all the way to the edge.) Even with the older versions on my computer we can get a lot done. (Adobe rents their software by the month now - I still have the installed software and own the original disks.) I've been meaning to redo my own business card (since I got rid of the PO Box) - now that I've created the template for my friend I'll use it to update my own card another day.

A day or two more this week of our concentrated work, then I hand her off to her daughter for the rest of the visit. Before this is finished the sewing machine will also be involved - when you're 5' tall and buy a pre-made Halloween costume the hem must be adjusted. She has lots of costumes, but they're all in storage, so we work on a new one. (Storytellers live for the costumes at Halloween—any excuse to get into character!)

My absentee ballot arrived today and I went through the Vote411 page to see all of the information about the candidates and measures on my ballot (it lets you compare them based upon what they file about themselves—if they don't take advantage of this site connected to the non-partisan League of Women Voters, that's a clue about their worthiness for office), and will mail this back tomorrow.