$1.30 . . . Strangest Blog Title Yet  Today’s art class with Pamela Vosseller provided not only joy but a profound realization of the beast of inflation. The focus of the lesson was “The Wonder of Paper.” She took me on a stroll through the history of paper, an invaluable material that is integral to daily life, with special emphasis on papyrus. Fascinating! The substrate for this collage called for a canvas board, which I did not have. What I did have, however, was a pad of Dad’s very old canvas paper. How old? A pad of 10 sheets cost $1.30! Since this was today’s substrate, I gessoed it first. The first layer was drawing a face with charcoal pencil. Slick choice of  drawing tool, as adjustments were easy to make with a damp paper towel.     Then a stroll down memory lane with a journal entry on an old envelope that contained a letter addressed to my parents from when I lived in Northern Maine. I wrote about the painting that was inside the paper pad...