Pam co-owns and manages Turtleback Press. Her calligraphic training and sensitivity to the subtleties of design eventually led her to invest in a completely different type of printing system - a 1903 Pearl treadle-operated letterpress.

The old clam shell press and all its letters, found a new home in a remodeled pump house on Pam's farm. With its new name, the Pump House Press, it became an official branch of the larger Turtleback Press publishing company.

The desire for more beautiful print is ultimately what led Pam into learning and mastering the whole art of printing. The little pump house where she works has the ambience of an artist’s dream - a sanctuary of solitude with breathtaking views of islands scattered in the distance. There, she can carefully lay out the tiny pieces of lead type and sing to the sweet music of the treadle press as it unleashes its unique beauty.