Here, in the midst of social distancing and isolation where time speeds by slowly, and distorts one’s perception of the future, I sometimes feel as if my brains are leaking out and becoming something like gnarly gnats only more passive aggressive. Those things I ought to do but don’t, those projects partly started and never…
The other day I stood in front of my closet and said hello to my clothes. I assured them I still loved them … well some of them anyway … and that I hoped to wear them again soon. I commiserated with them about how boring it was to just hang out doing nothing all…
This is just a quick note to let you all know some images of my artwork are available through Fine Art America. The images can be reproduced in various formats including face masks. The masks are the flat folded style, and you can customize the image printed on the mask by clicking on the image…
Our house in Iowa City… the house of my early childhood … had front porch steps, back-porch steps, and a side door stoop. But in addition, there were what Mom called the sidewalk steps. These were the three small steps leading up from the sidewalk to the front walk. I have since found they are…
Here are we all, in the midst of a world of chaos. Living with the unknown, with no view of what lies ahead. Like still water our current existence reflects only what is visible in the present. However, if we look under the boardwalk, where the shadows allow us to see below the surface, we…
Years ago, I clipped this Calvin and Hobbs cartoon, and had it pinned to the wall by my desk next to a quote attributed to somebody … maybe Eddie Cantor … about how it took him forty years to become an overnight success. I consider this particular cartoon a truly classic clipping. My mother was…
When they talk about flattening the curve, obviously they are not talking about an expanding waistline. Nevertheless, I have taken it to heart. A sign, as it were. I am working toward leveling out my body measurements … sort of flatlining my dimensions. I figure if I eat enough, my curves will be flattened, and there…
Pictured here are we all … socially isolated in the midst of an infestation of splodges … clear evidence of the carona-viral-disgusting-infectious-disease-pandemic. The invisible globules have taken control of our world. They are everywhere, those nasty blots of infection. Pictured here as well, is conclusive evidence that I have no idea how plumbing works…