Disappointment on Friday: having struggled across a raw, sleety Norwich through the rush hour, acutely aware that it was only five minutes before the printers was due to close for the weekend, I arrived to find that Kalender hadn't been printed. I can't blame the printers, even though I'd phoned them on Tuesday to confirm that they could do the job and emailed the pdf to them straight afterwards. Although the email definitely didn't bounce, it didn't ever reach them, and they can't be expected to have thought to phone me back to ask where it was when it didn't arrive. Can they?
So, there I was, panting in the doorway explaining what I'd come for, while the staff sat round with their glasses of wine (end-of-the-week ritual) looking at me in bafflement. Sigh.
I've sent the whole thing again now so I'm hoping that it will be sorted out tomorrow when the working week jolts back into action. I'll have to make a special journey to collect it now but I think it will be worth it as I'll be able to crack on with rubber-stamping and stapling a miniature Yule Log to each of 180 covers. Then I'll be able to get the usual 30-odd copies out to the curators/publications on the mailing list.
The Festial residency started last May. So far, I've received very little feedback and would really welcome comments if anyone out there has time! The new Kalender has just been uploaded onto the website at:
imogenashwin[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
