I found Mark Catesby's 1777 fish plates on the Biodiversity Heritage Library (Missouri Botanical Garden copy). I built a custom Recraft Style from 6 of the plates and used it to draw hand built propeller machines, as if Catesby had discovered them in the Carolinas and Bahamas....
Another Trip Around the Sun (birthday / anniversary)
A celebratory poem written to mark a birthday honoring the year that's passed and welcoming the one ahead with warmth and encouragement. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, or any milestone worth making a little louder.
A short love poem about the quiet, unglamorous moments that actually hold a relationship together a shared shoulder, an ordinary morning, a book left unread. Written to show how personalized poetry can turn everyday tenderness into something lasting and shareable.
Mood: dawn lavender, tenderness. For the person returning to themselves.
Mood: ocean calm, grounding. For the person in the middle of the storm.
