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constructive Crow 22 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
Greetings from distant places, dear susan, As usual, travel has broadened my perspective but, more and more often lately, I must shake my head in amazement at the vagaries of humankind. Weary-winged ...
my first hurricane 3 Aug 2013 | 08:10 am
In October of 1954, a hurricane called Hazel hit Southern Ontario pretty hard. By that time my mother and father both had jobs in Toronto, 25 miles away from our tiny lakeside cottage and, as a determ...
round and round 28 Jul 2013 | 02:20 am
Having had to keep the curtains and windows closed on weekdays for the first two months of summer has pretty much stopped me doing much drawing (the paints and brushes remain packed away). Not to be...
picturebook problems 18 Jul 2013 | 07:56 am
"Why are there no other drawings in this book as impressive as the drawing of baobabs? The answer is quite simple: I have tried but with the others have not had the slightest success. When I drew the ...
the little prince 14 Jul 2013 | 02:21 am
It's been a long time since I last read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry but our old copy was close at hand this afternoon so I read it again. A little blond boy leaves his home on Astero...
kilted Crow 4 Jul 2013 | 08:06 am
"Thaur waur nae roads in th' highlands tae spick ay until th' industrial revolution. th' few roads 'at existed afair 'en waur th' few military roads constructed by general george wade in th' early 170...
other people's work - part 92 - rudi hurzlmeier 25 Jun 2013 | 12:26 am
I've been an admirer ever since I first ran across the work of German artist Rudi Hurzlmeier at least ten years ago when I found his Krahe (Crow) picture on a greeting card at Powell's in Portland and...
one page picture book 15 Jun 2013 | 07:34 am
For anyone who's wondered recently if I'm still drawing and painting, the answer is yes. Essentially, I'm still working on the story I mentioned a few months ago but doing multiple sequential pictures...
life as a walk in the park 10 Jun 2013 | 05:19 am
One fine morning a few days ago I remembered to take my camera with me when we went for one of our regular walks through the park. Although Point Pleasant isn't the biggest city park I've ever known w...
putting the 'con' in 'spiracy' 6 Jun 2013 | 06:52 am
While I don't spend that much time being overly paranoid, there are a few technological developments that deserve a little scrutiny. For instance, the upcoming version of the XBox (which, like all cur...
