before being a journalist , she's been a typographer ; typesetter or the linotype , it was no mystery to her ‧ the ink, the font, the paper, the offset or bookbinding , proofreading , printing , were traditional standard routine ‧ librarian, even a colporteur , she had already done them with dedication and with joy, with competence and grace ‧ she, — my unique goddess , my mom, – my sacred lady, to whom i bow profoundly, not just now but for forever