Rag Paper Project

Paper and Rags, sequel to Bottle and Glass, is set to launch Dec. 8th, 2019 at the Kingston Brew Pub (upstairs) starting at 2PM. 

As a special lead-in to the launch, I plan to make paper in the old-fashioned way, by hand, from cotton and linen rags provided by friends, family, readers, writers – anyone who is interested. Once I have a stack of paper made, Vincent Perez of Everlovin’ Press, using a traditional letterpress, will print a new, commemorative front page of the first Kingston Gazette (Sept. 25th 1810 – a paper copy of this edition no longer exists – see below for more info). These freshly printed Gazettes will be available at the launch alongside the book: free with a copy of Paper and Rags, or $10 without, until supplies last.

Contributions so far!

	Nancy Young	Cotton bed cover, circa mid-1950’s	From a Christmas gift, given by Nancy’s grandparents to her aunt and eventually passed on to her.  Identical bed covers were given to her two other aunts but only this one remains.Rena and Bill Withers and family in the mid-1930’s on the front lawn of the Withers’ family home in Morven, east of Napanee Ontario.  Rena and Bill moved to Colborne St. in Kingston with daughter Franny when son Howard took over the farm.
	Erin Webster	Heart-shaped cloth fragment	From a onesie worn by both Erin’s children (at separate times!)
	Erin Webster	strip from cotton t-shirt	Worn when running and completing longest race.
	Shelley Hodgkinson	fish artwork	This fish artwork is a present from a 5-year old friend called Teddy who made it for Shelley when she moved from Echo Bay, after living there for many years, to Ottawa.
	Patty Henderson	antique linens	Linen table cloths from the turn of the century, given to Patty by her Montreal aunts and grandmother.
	Leanne Lieberman	cotton shirt	A tired, worn-out shirt named, appropriately, Morgan.
	Leanne Lieberman	“ganky”	A scrap of Leanne’s beloved “ganky”, her security blanket.
	Cathy Martin	cotton sports shirt	A t-shirt from a children’s, international soccer camp
	Corina Zechel	linen tablecloth, initialed	The linen tablecloth belonged to Corina’s great aunt, Julia Schrimpf, of Switzerland.  Julia died tragically in childbirth along with her baby. She was the first wife of Corina’s maternal grandmother’s brother.  When Julia died, Corina’s great uncle likely gave some of Julia’s initialed linens to Corina’s grandmother before he remarried.
	Tom Hollenstein	collared shirt	“Old Reliable”, well worn shirt, finally gave out
	Loisy Ballina & Juan Fernandez	bed sheet fragment	Bed sheet used by their three children, packed and unpacked from Mexico City to Toronto to Xalapa (Mexico) to Kingston
	Juergen Dingel	correspondence	A collection of old letters with German post marks
	Juergen Dingel	running shirt	From race run in Pittsburgh, 1998
	Helen Brown	night shirt	“Ruff Night” night shirt
	Mark Uygur	Late 80s concert tee	A momento from suburban, middle class, sanctimonious, goof-punk.
	Mark Uygur	Late 80s concert tee	A Go Figure t-shirt. A Husker Du style band featuring Jim Bryson,  Andy Miller, and Mark Uygur. Go Figure opened for the Smashing Pumpkins in Ottawa.
	David Seymour	t-shirt	A “Your Mom is here with your lunch!” t-shirt, worn religiously through pre-Socratics lectures.
	Morgan Wade	April 1980 Beezer	A copy of an April 1980 edition of The Beezer, one of my first encounters with a printed weekly.
	Morgan Wade	1983 Beano	The slightly more sophisticated Beano.
	Morgan Wade	tiny button up shirt	My son’s first shirt.
	Morgan Wade	transparent and disintegrating blanket	My son’s first blanket.