A sharpened yellow Number 2 pencil, with the quote There is not Frigate like a book to take us lands away, Emily Dickinson

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."--F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A ceramic map showing a blue sea below a green and brown land and above that a row of white and blue mountains

A dear friend of mine, Alison Shepard, an artist in her own right (and she teaches at the Dunedin Fine Art Center), was nice enough to make this lovely ceramic of the map that appears in the Dragon's-Eye Moon series. This photo hardly does it justice. I have it hanging in my office. Thank you, Alison.