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July on the 4th floor - HOT! And this year - WET! For most of the month temps have ranged in the mid-nineties; nothing out of the ordinary. Average July rainfall in Western Mass is about 4 inches; with 10 days to go in the month rainfall total is now over11 inches. Unfortunately, there’s a bit of a leaking problem in several areas that have become a bit frustrating.

End of June, JoAnn and I slipped away to visit friends in Northern ME. Relaxing location, perfect weather, much good food and a bit of drink. Took a day to ferry over to Swan Island in the fog to visit Jane and Jim at Saturn Press. What an awesome letterpress business!

Past couple of weeks been working on the third floor moving, organizing, processing, cleaning, caching up with a lot of stuff brought in over the past six months. This activity has taken us much to long to complete! Our goal is to expand on-the-floor inventory by 25% or more in August which includes presses and equipment. At least working on the third floor is cooler than on the fourth.

Come August 'letterpress events start to pickup. First event is the APA Wayzgoose at the Museum of Printing, Haverhill, MA August 12th to 15th. We’ll be there on Saturday the 12th. An APA Swap Meet is quite an event, come on by!
JB/JoAnn