After just over three years in the queue of Steidl Publishing House, we have received a publishing date—for next week! We’re leaving for Steidlville this Friday, April 8th, and will be printing next Monday through Wednesday—leaving on Thursday. We will keep you up-to-date with us on this blog so check every day if you’re interested. We might be a bit groggy at times as this is a round-the-clock printing endeavor! We witnessed the other photographers at work on their books last summer so we know we’re in for a gruelling three days. That’s why Steidl has the authors stay at Steidlville because the presses run steadily, day and night. New print crews arrive fresh for their shift. Steidl can’t be fishing around Göttingen in the middle of the night for people to come and do a press check. But hey, these are most definitely (as my sister Margaret dutifully reminds us) “The problems of the fortunate!”

Right now we’re in the midst of making trip plans. After leaving Steidlville on Thursday, we are hoping to connect in Göttingen with our brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Sue, who will just be on their way back to Copenhagen from Bangledesh where they were visiting their son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Sille and Kids, for Selma’s Birthday!

Next time you hear from us will be from Germany, probably on Sunday!