My website croaked. I called the server? host? platform? something to ask for help on Tuesday morning, January 6. The man on the phone said he could see what happened, fixed it, and it would be fine in about 10 minutes. It wasn’t. Twelve hours later, it was back, but nothing after December 30, 2025, […]
Nine New* Things Learned in December
This is a reposting of the December Learned List, one that was still in draft form; the final version disappeared in The Great Website Splat. Photos accompanying our monthly Learned List are very random this month, sprinkled in to prevent this from looking daunting and TLDR. 2. COL might actually stand for “chuckle out loud”, […]
Four Assorted Boxing Day Thoughts
2. After the Yellow Tunnel oil painting dries again, I will put the finishing touches on it. I can print and write more neatly, sometimes it is just unimportant, such as when I am slamming out the notes as fast as they pop into my mind. 3. This is the best article and idea I […]
Christmas
Blessing on you and all whom you love.
Three Assorted Christmas Eve Thoughts
Today we continue the assorted thoughts, all unrelated to one another and unrelated to Christmas Eve. Then I painted the edges. That’s enough. I am guessing most of my blog readers have other things to do on Christmas Eve than read assorted and sundry thoughts from an artist’s rambling and active mind. Yes, calendars and […]
Five Assorted Christmas Adam Thoughts
“Christmas Adam”? Yep. Adam came before Eve. Today will be a peek into the variety of tasks required so far this week to maintain the business of self-employed artist. 2. The host of my website and blog billed me an enormous sum of $$$, an upgrade to Professional Hosting. Because I use DuckDuckGo, I couldn’t […]
A Presentation
Last century I drew this picturesque church in Tulare and used the image in a set of Tulare County landmarks notecards. Yesterday I finally got to see the interior of the church when I made a presentation to a group of folks who meet for lunch and a presentation once a month. (I don’t know […]
Nine Things Learned in November
November means the end of colored leaves. The promise of spring in a few months will keep me from descending into the Slough of Despondence, as will the fun of learning new things, completing commissions, working on a mural, and resuming drawing lessons in January. 1. There is lots of disrespect on the road when […]
Thankful
An honest look at an artist’s life
Buckle up, settle back, get comfortable, because here is a Very Long Post. It is not a complaint; it is a hard look at reality. On the surface, it seems that the life of an artist is all glamour and glory and unlimited creativity. Maybe that is true for some artists, but I don’t know […]