In the earliest days there were creatures around a fire and someone’s job was to keep the food and drink coming. I trace a hairline in my genetics back to that first server. Despite all the other advances in my…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Creepy Dolls
Who is ready for some scary dolls? Had bad dreams as a kid? No? Well, you will after you see these “beauties”. Found in Old Town Sacramento these dolls are either part of a historic display or are motionless during…
Portraits and Pints
CH did her first portrait of me, one that required posing and time and deliberate work. This was her first drawing that wasn’t a stylized representation (eyes, mouth, hair) but a recreation of what she saw when she looked at…
Card Hospital
Is it a real hospital made of cards? Is it the hospital of a town called Card? No. It is a hospital for sick and injured playing cards. I’ve said it before, there is not limit to the creativity of…
Sometimes They Are Good
Here’s how parenting goes: there’s always a fire somewhere. Either it’s coals under tinder, ready to explode, or you’re throwing handfuls of water on a Viking pyre. Either way you feel you can never completely relax. And here’s the other…
RSS - Posts