In 2018, Louise Jackson and I worked together on a second edition of her book, The Visalia Electric Railroad: Stories of the Early Years. We published it with a printer that may or may not still be in business. You can read about it on this old blog post: The Visalia Electric Railroad Book. Very […]
About Other People’s Books
A decade or so ago, I began pursuing a “side hustle” in editing. This came to fruition in a conversation with my dear friend Louise, a historian and writer. We began with the second edition of The Visalia Electric Railroad, then moved into Trail of Promises. Since then we have worked together on two novels. […]
Other People’s Books
Because I have been helping people get their books printed but am not selling them myself, it is good to show people where to buy these books. Therefore, I have a new page on my website listing the books and the links where they are for sale. This is a screenshot of my homepage and […]
Springville’s Hospital: Fighting TB in Tulare County
THE BOOK IS FINISHED! It was a ten-year project, with a giant distraction of a different book getting written and published first—Tales of TB: White Plague of the North, available through BookBaby. Here’s the link: Tales of TB But that was last year. This year, the book is Springville’s Hospital: Fighting TB in Tulare County. […]
A Light* Workday in Three Rivers
*“Light” meaning the sun was shining and also meaning I didn’t do much work. Let’s get the work part over with, and then we can enjoy some photos that might shock anyone who lives where there is real winter. Three new sequoia gigantea 6×18” paintings are now on the easel. Next, I battled with Adobe […]
Only the Living
Only the Living? What is that? So glad you asked! Only the Living is the title of my most recent book publishing effort*. This is a novel by my dear friend, Louise Jackson, author of many books, our third project together. We began working on this one last summer, and now it is ready for […]
When Not Making Art…
What is editing? You mean you get paid to just sit around and read?? … I’m either tending to the logistics and administrative duties of a microscopic art business* or I am editing. IF I am actually working, that is. Yes but it isn’t the same as reading for escape or to learn. Instead, you […]
Tales of TB: White Plague of the North
In 2017, I met Bill, who came to me for some illustrations for a book he was writing on the old tuberculosis hospital in Springville, which is in the southern part of Tulare County (above Porterville). This is a topic that really interests me. I’ve been curious about that place since I first saw it […]
News on Four Topics
Painting I finished these two oil paintings, to be held in reserve for when the Mural Gallery in Exeter needs to be resupplied with citrus paintings. Mineral King The Mineral King road and recreation restrictions were scheduled to be lifted on Saturday, September 21. By now people who need to know will know for sure […]
This, That, and the Other Thing
This. . . . . . is the current status of the latest oil painting. More branches, twigs, leaves, and some wildflowers remain. I might even draw a few more blades of grass. I like long grass. That. . . . . . book with which I have been helping a doctor-turned-author, Dr. William Winn, […]