Today is Labor Day. Yes, the day that the working class is celebrated and honored. Say what? Working class? Perhaps you thought it was just a paid day off when you could travel or have a picnic with friends and … Continue reading →
0n May 10, I posted an emotional piece, entitled Crispy Critter, in which I said that I was going to take a break to retrench and reflect on what I had learned in the previous 8 months. Today is also … Continue reading →
If you are running OSX 10.4.11, don’t upgrade to MarsEdit 2.3.3 until this bug is fixed!! I use a program called MarsEdit to write my posts off-line, as I find the WordPress Administrative Panel a bit too “unfriendly” for my … Continue reading →
When I started researching my family tree in the early 1980s, I was offered quite a number of old photographs, which I gladly accepted. In those days, some people loaned me photographs and I took them to a specialty photo … Continue reading →
I haven’t posted in awhile for a couple of reasons. The first one is that we have endured a brutally hot couple of weeks here in South Florida that just drained me of any energy I had left after working … Continue reading →
in 2005, I had a wonderful opportunity to travel to London to stay with a friend for a few days and take in the John Singer Sargent show at the Tate London. While there, I explored London a little bit … Continue reading →
Last week, I went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where my parents were from, for the first-ever family reunion of my father’s family. I have one uncle who is still going strong, at the age of 89 – must be that … Continue reading →
I’ve been interested in sculpture since I was a young boy. I remember collecting pot metal from the door handles of junked cars, melting it in a coffee can over a wood fire, and pouring the molten metal over bunches … Continue reading →
Touchstone, like most craft schools, holds a weekly auction of student work as a fund-raiser for the school. Every Thursday evening, when classes are in session, there is an auction of student work. Sometimes, the auctions are quite lively and … Continue reading →
Wednesday afternoon, after we returned from our visit to Thad Mosley’s show at the Mattress Factory, there was little to be heard from the students in the sculpture class – everyone was inspired in their own way. Chips were flying … Continue reading →