I love to draw, and it is good to just sit quietly with pencils and paper, doing something simple that has no sadness attached. In December, I took photos of a house. It took 2 sessions, much conversation, lots of thinking, and finally narrowing it down to 3 views. Something about my blog has changed, […]
Cowgirls
I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of hanging out with cowgirls over the past several weeks and have made these observations: They are very practical (Cowboy Bert always called this “cowboy logic”.) They are strong, capable, and willing to work hard. They can handle heavy feed sacks, bags of wood pellets, and maneuver heavy hay […]
Little Things Can Help
When we have big bad sad occurrences, sometimes little things can help. They distract us, remind us what remains, help us be thankful for so many good things in life. Here are a few that have helped me recently.
Goodbye, Cowboy
Bert Raymond Weldon, 5/21/56 – 1/8/19
Radio Silence
We are in the midst of an emergency, so I won’t be posting for a little while. I’m okay and so is Trail Guy, but coping with a difficult situation is taking precedence for the time being. Thank you for understanding. I’ll be back. . .
‘splorin’
Three Rivers is a very spread out community with the Middle Fork, South Fork, North Fork and East Forks of the Kaweah River flowing down long canyons. (Yes, I know this is four rivers; I don’t think the town namers were paying full attention). Trail Guy and I went exploring; we wanted to find a […]
Happy Birthday, Trail Guy
Wildflower Book Update
Mineral King Wildflowers: Common Names This is the title of my next book. “My next book” – What? do you think you are an author? Well, I make books, so maybe I am an author. My books are picture books, so maybe I am an artist who makes books. “Maybe”? Sigh. It is hard to talk about oneself and […]
Work That Doesn’t Feel Like Work
In my normally slow month of December, I finally had the chance to work on my upcoming book Mineral King Wildflowers: Common Names. It seems to be cooking along just fine, and then something goes wackadoodle with InDesign or the template ceases to do its templatish magic or it takes hours and hours to resize all […]
Working & Wondering
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day has always felt like a freebie to me. I don’t work much, but spend time thinking about the previous year (did I actually do anything noteworthy?) and about the upcoming year (do I look as if I have a plan?). Last week I thought about blogging, marketing, […]