Today I opened my mail box to find the single most interesting piece of mail I’ve ever received in my life. Apparently Byron is quite good at calligraphy and has already come up with his own style. Inside a clear plastic tube (which the post office had managed to split and crack almost completely in half) was a rolled up scroll tied around three times with very old looking thread hand-dyed in red. Upon unrolling I discovered what looked like hand-made paper with various illustrations and a personal message in calligraphy as well as a personal cut-stamp from the author. See the photo below of the paper magnetted up to my refrigerator..
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