Hello everyone,

For the full newsletter experience, read this email online to get the latest information: archives and calendar. Time sensitive information may be added to the newsletter after it has been sent out. Feel free to let me know about broken links or links pointing to the wrong place. I hope that you can use this newsletter as a jumping off point for your own explorations and adventures looking for workshops, teachers and organizations, processes, etc.

• Congratulations! to Laura Russell nominated to the Women to Watch 2027 Exhibition working in book arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts - meet the artists
• Erin Fletcher is looking to clear out her meticulously made workshop models and when you purchase them the funds go to different craft organizations that help artists - head to Workshop Seconds - I was most happy to be a part of this win-win solution again
• CODEX X is just around the corner - Feb 7 - 10, 2026
• Focus on Book Arts has announced their list of instructors and their workshops - registration opens Mar 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM Pacific Time [time zone converter] - save the date Jun 24 - 28, 2026
• The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center has a call for entry for their Illustrated Accordion 2026 exhibit with applications being accepted up until Jan 26, 2026
• Artist & Craftsman Supply, one of the largest independent art supply retail chains in the U.S, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize - more information here
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has some financial aid opportunities: summer & fall scholarships due by Mar 2, 2026; summer studies due by Feb 27, 2026; art educator fellowship due by Feb 15, 2026; residency coordinator due by Jan 31, 2026; registration open - find a workshop
• Applications for the 2026 Summer season at Haystack are now open - program applications and registration has migrated to a new system, StarRez and applicants will need to create a new account in the new application portal to apply - review our Fees & Policies for Summer Workshops and Square ONE, and Frequently Asked Questions - their programs
• Center for Book Arts applications are now open for the 2026 Book Art Research Fellowship - due Feb 28, 2026
• Peters Valley School of Craft's education team is offering a workshop info session on Feb 11, 2026 if you have considered taking a workshop at Peters Valley and thought of questions about the craft school experience - register here - their available workshops - learn about lodging and meals
• Wow! Mahalo nui loa to all that have been highlighting my newsletter with the many shoutouts in person, during a workshop, in a newsletter and including my workshop calendar as a resource on their websites - thanks to you I now have over 800 active subscribers all purely through word of mouth - and to the SEO gods of all things internet (aka my newsletter platform Buttondown) I can now be found just by typing my name "+ paper" and voila, my newsletter shows up like magic!
• A heads up about this newsletter as I will be traveling - the last newsletter before my trip starts will be February 2026, break in March 2026 and the newsletter will resume same bat time, same bat place, in April 2026 - feel free to look at the archived copies of the newsletter from years past - see links above or below in my signature block

Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper explorer, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
Mission: Connecting talented people with people exploring their talents
Motto: Always plan a trip around a workshop or vice versa
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Wayne Art Center (Wayne, PA) - CraftForms 2025 - now until Jan 24, 2926; Attraction to Abstraction 2025 - now until Jan 24, 2926; Living with Craft 2025 - now until Jan 24, 2926

Minnesota Center for Book Arts (1011 Washington Ave S #100, Minneapolis, MN 55415) - Jerome Book Arts Mentorship Series IX exhibition - now until Jan 25, 2026

The Japanese Paper Place (103 The East Mall, Unit 1, Toronto, Canada) - Getting to Know Taniai Kozo: an exhibition of works by the Washi Sisters +1 - now until Jan 30, 2026

Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking (Atlanta, GA) - Legacies in Paper with works from Nancy Cohen, Sara Garden Armstrong, & Helen Hiebert - now until Jan 30, 2026 - virtual artist talk: Oct 15, 2025 | Paper & Architecture - Mar 2, 2026 - July 10, 2026 | The Craft of Paper: Contemporary Takes on Tradition - Aug 3, 2026 - Jan 15, 2027

The Winchester Gallery (School of Art, University of Southampton, Park Ave, Winchester SO23 8DL, United Kingdom) - Folding Space - exhibition of contemporary book artworks and artists’ books made in the UK and Japan - Jan 30 - Mar 28, 2026

The Guild of Book Workers is thrilled to announce its upcoming 2024-25 traveling juried exhibition - NIGHT CIRCUS: Baylor Libraries, Baylor University, Waco TX - now until Jan 31, 2026 - exhibitors list

Postmark Center for the Arts (25 W Main Street, Auburn, WA 98001) - Unfinished Business - now until January 2026

Serralves Contemporary Art Museum (Porto, Portugal) - Book of Resistance - The Resilience of Artists’ Books in a Digital Age - now until Feb 1, 2026

Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Paper Made II - now until Feb 1, 2026 - juried selections will be featured in the fall 2025 issue of Fiber Art Now

8-Day Art Retreat in Oaxaca, Mexico - an immersive art retreat nestled in the vibrant culture and stunning landscapes of Oaxaca, Mexico - Feb 5 - 12, 2026 - more information

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - Illustrated Accordion 2026 - Feb 6 - Mar 20, 2026 - previous Illustrated Accordion exhibits are available to view

National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) - In the Library: Paper as Inspiration in Artists’ Books - now until Feb 6, 2026

CODEX X - Feb 7 – 10, 2026 - location: Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607

The James Allen Rose Art Gallery, Francis Parker School (San Diego, CA) - Home Is Where The Story Begins by Judith Christensen - now until Feb 20, 2026 - please make an appointment to visit the gallery

Moody Memorial Library (Baylor University, Waco, TX) - Narrative Threads (information not currently on website) - Feb 9 - Apr 6, 2026

Kala Art Gallery (2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702): Bookness in collaboration with The CODEX Foundation - now until Feb 11, 2026 - view gallery

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110): Storytime with Mare: Artists’ Books from the Odditorium - now until Feb 15, 2026; Aimee Lee: Tethered - Mar 6 – Jun 7, 2026; Booking: Artists’ Books by Black Artists - Oct 2, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027

Book Arts and Culture tour in India led by Radha Pandey - Feb 16 - Mar 2, 2026 (tour is full but there is a waitlist)

Science History Institute (Philadelphia, PA) - Reaction: Artists Transform the Sample Book - now until Feb 28, 2025

Peters Valley School of Craft is hosting this amazing trip Mar 5 - 18, 2026 - A Journey through Craft, Culture & Cuisine: Vietnam & Cambodia

Winchester School of Art - Into the Fold 2026 - the University of Southampton's second Artist Book and Zine Fair - Mar 6 - 7, 2026

The Morgan Art of Papermaking (1754 East 47th Street - Cleveland OH 44103) - 14th annual juried exhibition - more information upcoming - Mar 6 - Apr 25, 2026

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110) - Handwork 2026: Spring Aimee Lee: Tethered - Mar 6 – Jun 7; Summer Cloth, Paper, Stitches - Jul 3 – Sep 20; Fall Booking: Artists’ Books by Black Artists - Oct 2, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027

New Museum Los Gatos (106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030) - Stitches & Wiggles: Unraveled and Reimagined Mixed Media Art by Jody Alexander and Thomas Campbell - now until Mar 8, 2026

The San Francisco Center for the Book (375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103) exhibition Who Is America at 250? Artists' Books on the State of Democracy - now until Mar 8, 2026

Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA) - The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers - now until Mar 8, 2026

Sebastopol Center for the Arts (282 South High Street, Sebastopol, CA) - Pulp - Paper - Book - exhibition dates: Mar 14 - May 3, 2026 - opening reception: Mar 15, 2026 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM

The ALBERTINA (Vienna, Austria) - Fascination Paper - now until Mar 22, 2026

Save the date: Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival XXIX (Newport, OR, and surrounding communities) - Apr 23 - 25, 2026

Anderson Academic Commons, University of Denver (2150 E Evans Ave, Denver, Colorado 80210 and part of Colorado’s Mo’Print celebration) - Printed Page V - A juried exhibition focusing on the integration of various printmaking techniques into the book form - online catalog - now until Apr 26, 2026

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) - Kindred Spirits: The Lucy Maud Montgomery Legacy as Interpreted by Contemporary Book Artists - on view at: University of Guelph, McLaughlin Library (50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1) - now until May 1, 2026; Calgary Public Library, Central Library (800 3 St SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2E7) - Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 30, 2026; Regina Public Library, George Bothwell Branch (2965 Gordon Road, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 6H7) - Jul 15 - Aug 20, 2026; Victoria - dates and details forthcoming - video

Newlyn Art Gallery (Cornwall, UK) - Walking A Cappella, a major exhibition by Abigail Reynolds - now until May 2, 2026

State Library NSW (1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia) - Paper Universe: The book as art showcases close to 100 rarely seen works from the State Library’s remarkable collection of artists’ books - now until May 3, 2026

Printed Matter - LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) happening at ArtCenter College of Design South Campus (950 S. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA) - May 7–10, 2026

Seattle Art Book Fair returns May 9 - 10, 2026 - Save the date - see you back at Washington Hall (153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122) alongside artists, designers, and arts organizations who are making some of the most inspiring art books and publications today

Vancouver Art Book Fair at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3) - May 15 - May 17, 2026

Lynn Sures - Fabriano workshop and tour of Northern Italy - information and registration from May 28 - Jun 12, 2026 and Drawing in Italy 2026 from Jun 13 - 21, 2026

Columbia University Libraries - Butler Library (535 W. 114 St. 6th Floor, New York, NY 10027) - In CONTEXT: Art, Books, & Freedom - now until May 29, 2026

Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Scotland - Hybrid Printmaking - Texture, Color, Line with Lucy Turner - this printmaking workshop will be held from Jun 10 – 19, 2026 - more information

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center will be hosting a a travel study program to Italy - Book Arts in Venice - secure a spot by making your deposit online - trip dates: Jun 15 – 26, 2026 - deposit due: Jan 15, 2026 - final payment: Feb 1, 2026

Santa Fe Studio Tours (various locations around Santa Fe, NM) - June 20 - 21, 2026 and June 27 - 28, 2026

Save the date: Focus on Book Arts 2026 (Monmouth, OR) - Jun 24 - 28, 2026

The Bancroft Library Gallery, University of California (Berkeley, CA) - Shape of Thought: The Book as Art - now until Jun 30, 2026

The 2026 Taos Paper Retreat with Helen Hiebert will be happening Jul 19 - 25, 2026 in Taos, NM and the theme will be Capture the Light

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Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows:

- Call for entries management and jury system entrythingy.com

- Find calls https://www.callforentry.org/

- Online juried shows

- Colossal (international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines) opportunities

Note: On going calls below are listed in alphabetical order followed by calls by due date

Art in the Park residency OR Google “National parks artist in residence” - scroll down to the map of programs across the US map - each park has a different application, criteria, etc. explore the map and find a park that aligns with your goals for a residency - apply through that park’s unique site - artists of all mediums can apply…photographers, writers, composers and more - on going

Call for workshop proposals: Frederick Book Arts Center is settling into their new space and looking for teachers - if you have experience teaching bookbinding, letterpress, printmaking, photography or other skills related to book arts and are interested in working with us we are interested in hearing from you - please email: charlottemaulerhayes@fredbookartscenter.org - on going

Call for teachers: Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, HI, is looking for Youth Teaching Artists - more information - to apply for this position, please send a resume and sample art projects to: Michaela McGuire, Youth Programs Coordinator, michaela@huinoeau.com - on going

Call for artist in residence: Joseph Rock Arboretum on Hawai'i Island - JRA Sculptural Project Honoring the Earth Through Indigenous Wisdom - deadline: on going - they offer a 3-week stay in the Kailua-Kona area on Hawai'i Island (artist will need to get a rental car (or use UBER), buy food, bring their supplies or buy locally, to construct their art and they can bring a friend or partner)

Call for Artists: The Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Shop is seeking new artists interested in selling their work - on going

Call for teachers: Pacific Ocean Paperfolders monthly virtual meeting - on going - contact Joel Stern

Call for Workshop Teachers: PaperWorks 2025-2026 Season - half day, full day and multiple day classes, in person or via Zoom - download proposal form and send completed form to education@paperworks.info - on going

Call for Submissions: Printed Matter, New York - Decolonisation, Resistance & Solidarity - is actively soliciting artists’ books, zines, and print ephemera that engage with ideas of decolonisation, resistance, and interconnected solidarity around the world - accepted submissions will be distributed online and in-store - this is an open, rolling call - there is no deadline for submissions - to view a selection of titles that speak to these themes and their submission guidelines

Call for workshop proposals: The Santa Fe Book Arts Group Program Committee extends an invitation to submit proposals for workshops in the coming months - more information - on going

Call for entries: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center - Illustrated Accordion 2026 - deadline: Jan 26, 2026 - exhibition dates: Feb 6 - Mar 20, 2026 in the KBAC Gallery - previous Illustrated Accordion exhibits are available to view

Call for applications: Haystack: Haystack Fellowships due Feb 2, 2026; Studio Assistant Fellows due Feb 2, 2026; Open Studio Residency due Feb 2, 2026; Open Studio Residency Studio Technicians due Feb 2, 2026

Call for Entries: Paper on Skin 2026 - deadline: Feb 16, 2026 - application - subscribe for updates in previous link

Call for application: Center for Book Arts applications are now open for the 2026 Book Art Research Fellowship - due Feb 28, 2026

Apply to the McKnight Fellowship for Book Artists - deadline: Mar 6, 2026 - information session (register using previous link): Jan 21, 2026 - 6–7pm CT; Feb 24, 2026 • 7–8pm CT

Call for submission: 11th Annual Washington State Zine Contest - guidelines and additional information available here - entries must be dropped off or postmarked by Mar 27, 2026 - email sara.pete@sos.wa.gov with questions

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Sarah Bodman - Book Arts Newsletter - Impact Press at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK - more book arts related events in the UK, EU, EEA and some USA - latest edition and back issues

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) - Artist's Books Unshelved: full play list here - latest videos: Journeys through Belief - works by Julie Chen and Gi (Ginny) Huo

Elizabeth Castaldo Art and Books videos: pocket accordion; 3 books made out of 1 sheet of paper; accordion hinge binding

I thought I knew California and this short video still managed to surprise me - come visit for an adventure

There is a spreadsheet of bookish travel destinations available - to contribute something, please use the form linked at the top of the spreadsheet

This is a new to me structure for a zine or book from a single sheet of paper - if you happen to have Bound & Lettered volume 17, number 3, head to page 31 to 36, "Cut-and-folded single-sheet accordion books" by Peter Thomas there are more than 2 pages of these delightful structures - Cathryn Miller of Byopia Press wrote about it in her blog, "Boustrophedons and Meander Books" - Variations to a boustrophedon or meander book with Byopia Press

Binder clip mini scooter - entirely too cute

Elegant origami tetrahedron gift box with closure - for those of you that adore platonic solids

This may help spot deepfakes in your feeds

Make a window star out of glassine/kite paper, security envelopes, etc. - try making the "petals" out of a square piece of paper as well

Bookbinding tip for rounding a spine - if you need to get a dowel - look for offcuts at your closest home improvement store and go when the store is less busy

How to draw a circle without a compass

Watch Adam Savage on his Tested channel talking about some of his favorite circle drawing tools

How to find the center of a circle using a square

I usually put colors next to each other to see if they looked good together back in the day and still do that but sometimes I do use a color wheel

Very cool Japanese wrapping around a cube with no tape but the OCD origamist in me cringes a little when the edges are not square

Sarah Bodman and Terrie Reddish in conversation about preserving the past and crafting the future, the Association of Book Crafts New Zealand Inc. conference, BIND25, Auckland University of Technology, 12-14 September 2025

Thanks to Ann Martin of All Things Paper I learned about ZAPPlication - where artists and art festivals connect - thank you, Ann, for the shoutout about my newsletter in your January newsletter

I can't believe it! PostNord, in Denmark, has cited the “increasing digitalization” as a reason to stop delivering letters but will continue to deliver packages

Woven paper baskets by Dorothy McGuiness

Do you need to wrap a bouquet of paper flowers or freshly sharpened pencils (if you know the movie reference let me know)

English is wash in sailor's jargon - don't forget about "talk like a pirate" on Sep 19

What I learned from a year-long art challenge, a presentation by Julie Filatoff (Santa Fe Book Arts Group)

One of my first popups I ever made to gift to the host of our very first house sitting gig but this one has a much cooler way of opening the card/page - bouquet of flowers popup

This is one of the better tutorials on making a never ending flexagon (square for this one) with graphics - variation to this flexagon

Unusual tetra-tetra rectangular flexagon

Infinity card or tetra-tetra square flexagon - how do you name a flexagon

This guy mastering the slinky made me so happy to watch physics in action

A New Year's gift from Kit Davey - learn how to make a mini explosion box - two boxes with lids are nestled inside a larger box - when you remove each lid the box "explodes" open to reveal what's inside - Kit's other workshops

Mesmerizing stitched paper art of Amy Bonsor - there is also a beginning tutorial for paper stitching there

Just in case you are traveling to Bali soon, this island does shut down for one day, usually in March, for Nyepi - dates at bottom of page for after 2025 - video

Eight new airport & airline rule changes catching travelers off guard

And if you are checking a bag (only on a direct flight only on an airline with impeccable service - for example ANA held our flight at Narita when our flight out of Los Angeles was delayed - we ran over to the next gate, boarded in 20 minutes and our checked bags made it) here's how to avoid loosing it

Karen Hawkins studio visit - she uses rare and old books along with other paper ephemera to create beautiful sculptures and art objects

Discovered a new tessellation origamist - Barbara Janssen-Frank - here are some of her models

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Last I left off we were on our way to Texas to spend the holidays with my brother and his partner. We flew into Austin and missed the gate of Interimaginary Departures as we turned left to get to baggage claim instead of right. Gate ∞ is an interactive art installation at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) located between Gates 12 and 14. Next time!

Austin was filled with Texas BBQ (KG BBQ - run by an Egyptian native known as the Egyptian Cowboy - a yummy and different take on sides and desserts), boba milk teas, country fried steaks (really just a vehicle for gravy), lots of walks around lakes and botanical gardens (even saw a young red tail hawk perched in an oak tree at the gardens and watching us like, well, a hawk), stopping to smell the roses, looking for a building that looked like an abstract owl when viewed from a certain perspective. We continued our quest for the best country fried steak and boba milk teas getting into San Antonio where we met the latest addition to Bill's family, a teeny, tiny 5-week old whose entire head could fit into the cupped palm of my hand. It was quite the adventure walking along Riverwalk as I was astounded to see people walking around with open containers and weird yard long container of alcolholic drinks. This area is exempt from the city's open-container ordinance and was also quite crowded despite how close it was to Christmas.



We drove to Houston the next day taking advantage of the very clean bathrooms at Buc-ees (chain of massive travel centers founded in Texas in 1982, renowned for exceptionally clean restrooms, hundreds! of fueling positions, and a cult-like following). It is a destination in and of itself. Also just before getting to Buc-ees, I noticed turkey buzzards fighting for space on a light standard on a overpass. The funny thing is there was another perfectly good light standard across the way that may have had a better vantage point of the freeway. After checking into our hotel, I sent off some earrings to be reworked by my favorite earring designer. Sadly I hadn't worn them in a while - the stones were still lovely & sparkly - I had asked her if a refresh could be possible. When she said yes I made sure to get them to her as soon as possible. I will be picking up my "new" earrings from her in Singapore at the end of February, sitting down to a meal with her family and catching up!

We contemplated Rothko's art work at the Rothko Chapel in silence and in the moment. It was dark in the gallery yet not at all somber. A small skylight let in changing amounts of light as the sun went through its shy and not so shy moods. What intrigued me about the whole thing was that we all saw different things in the same panels and some panels evaded being seen as if they were not ready for a conversation with us. Or maybe I was not ready for what they might reveal. I would love to see them again - curious to find out if my view point will have changed or remained the same.

Christmas was a relatively quiet affair spent with SIL's family and a slightly yippy doglet who decided to situate herself and play with her new squeaky Christmas toy next to me. It did not matter how many times I threw that toy - she kept coming back! Sigh! Good food was had between football games and suggestions to the family that maybe next Christmas should be enjoyed in Hawai'i. Yes, I am most wicked! Amazingly there was a boba milk tea cafe open that night and enjoyed yet another delicious boba milk tea.

The day after was spent in tech support and here I thought my days in tech support were over after retiring. My brother had gotten a new phone for his birthday but had yet to transfer the data from his old phone to the new one. Between my SIL and myself we convinced him to get it done and they spent about an hour there. Yet technically nothing got done despite her having "downloaded" some apps! We looked for a transfer cable after breakfast (more country fried steak!) and then back to the house to see if I could do anything. Everyone hovered over both shoulders and I had to ask for non-hovering space as I started to troubleshoot! Figured out that I could move his data over in smaller chunks along with all his customizations. By the time I was done 3 hours later his new phone looked like his old one but bigger, brighter, faster with more bells and whistles! Nothing like binge watching a K-drama while waiting for data chunk transfers to finish. They asked what I charged and I said that dinner would take care of that tech support session.

The next day I introduced my brother and SIL to weird and crazy places in Houston that they did not know about. I am huge proponent of being a tourist where you live. We took in the Beer Can House and I bought a baseball cap that read, "He believed that beer cured everything!" I could not resist! Then we made our way to Smither Park - an amazing park filled with mosaics made from everything. It made me glad that these one time precious items had a second life as a work of art. It had a throne, amphitheater, swings, picnic tables, mosaic filled walkways, walls filled to overflowing with delicate tea cups and broken drill bits and everything in between. My eyes were having a tough figuring out what some of the sculptures were supposed to represent but they resolved themselves as I viewed them through my camera. It was truly mesmerizing, layered & whimsical. I would go back again. I bet I would find new sculptures I missed before.



We flew back to California from the smaller and less busy airport, William P. Hobby (HOU) instead of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). I wondered where all the people were. It was such a marked difference from when we flew back from IAH in 2025. There was also a small exhibit put on by the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston complete with loom, fabrics and buisness cards - they offer classes, btw. Baggage claim when we landed in Long Beach was a little backed up as about 4 flights landed at the same time. Other than that it was a relative stress free flight. My takeaway from this is if you have to travel for the holidays use the less busy airports, if at all possible. I am lucky enough to have 3 alternate airports within 12 - 35 miles away with Los Angeles International being 16 miles away.

Other highlights - continued to plan for our trip to SE Asia, loads of one way flights and traversing through airlines I had never used before and lodging for places we had never been to before. Happy to announce I got done on January 8th along with a document (shared with my brother as there will be overlapping travel) that had dates with destinations, flights, lodging and when to apply for visas and/or travel cards. Bill even wanted to know how long it took me to put all of that together.

Also heard the sonic boom as the SpaceX Crew-11 mission Dragon capsule entered the atmosphere while working on the newsletter around 12:38 AM on January 15. Yet another heard but not seen space tech adventure. The last time this happened was when we attended a SpaceX launch in their early days, so early that interns would take the day off from JPL to drive from La Cañada Flintridge to Vandenberg Space Force Base (about a 3-hour drive), watch the launch and re-entry, and then drive back. Only thing is it was so foggy that morning that all we saw was fog moving around but we did hear everything - launch, first stage re-entry sonic boom and landing.

Also enjoying attending Realm of Solids for the 2nd time with Paula Krieg. The last time I took this class was in late 2022. I always learn something new with Paula, always loads of fun to learn from Paula and always worth the price of admission. Looking forward to the Secret Lives of Cubes with Paula in February which will be done just before we leave for our SE Asia trip.

You can drive the entire length of Highway 1 again after a closure of almost 3 years. I would suggest that you drive it from Daly City (south of San Francisco) down to San Luis Obispo (north west of Los Angeles) for the best views. Stop at every turn out and little town and restaurant along the way. Hoping to take a quick trip to Cambria to explore the newly re-opened highway and take a few small hikes and thoroughly enjoy the views. Might even be crazy enough to head up to Carmel-by-the-Sea (only 2.5 hours north from Cambria) to check out some sights we missed the last time.

Here's to second chances and more adventures. See you in February!

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• Link to the calendar
• Best viewed on a large monitor (there is lots of information) and is searchable
• There is no difference between the colors you see, just a way to visually separate workshops but the more subdued colors are online workshops
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• For more information view this video
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