Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY glass pins This is one of three

This is one of three 1970 marker drawings done by a child depicting specific athletes

two years and four months old

this exquisitely crafted but brutal object was a sailor's weapon

hand-built and painted with dark brown slip

as if completely confident in his ability to perform his function

Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY glass pins This is one of threeI paid a fair bit for this one, but I couldn't walk away and anything that delivers pure and total delight these days seems worth its weight in gold. Notes on the inside of the cover tell us it was a young Wilma Powlesland's memo pad, but the drawings were the work of Genleve Baldyga (and there's a self portrait included.) Photos give a good sense, most pages documented. And then a series of spelling lists at the end, with some good and evocative word