An altered book of an intimate size that fits comfortably in your hand - they can (usually) stand upright on a shelf/table or hang on a nail. Each one carries a short message/verse/saying/thought composed from words culled from that very book or from an assortment of books. I often feel as if I am fishing for words in a sea of books - sometimes they float to the surface and in a sense find me, sometimes they’re found by carefully combing through the pages, sometimes I make a word by cobbling together parts of other words. I consider these book fragments to be thought momentos of these little creative journeys.