Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY oil on panel She stands on her own

She stands on her own

Weighs almost 11 pounds

3 1/2" x 5 1/2" with unused postcard back

while the overlaid edge of her coat highlights the hugging hands of the women to her left

there is an exquisite shop called Asiatica

Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY oil on panel She stands on her ownI 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