On Friday October 3, 2025 I was at the civic center in Poughkeepsie NY. What was I doing there? I was part of the Hudson Valley Region Portfolio Day 2025. It was put on by a group called The Art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Last week I wrote about my favorite drawing pencils the Pentel P207 .7mm mechanical pencil. I guess that got me all excited about pencils and that one specifically so I started looking at them on the internet. Just to see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let me tell you about my favorite mechanical pencil. It’s the Pentel P207. It’s usually blue and the size of the lead is .7mm. I can’t tell you exactly when I first used one of these pencils but I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m okay but yesterday (September 16, 2025) I took a fall. It was right in the middle of the sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan as I was walking to the train at Penn Station. It go me thinking about age and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ten years ago when I started doing these “Dreams of Things” covers the whole idea was to do something simple. I wanted a series that wasn’t so elaborate that it took up a lot of my time. I wanted simple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I figured that it was time for a TV roundup. A list of the TV shows I’ve watched this summer. Or maybe it’s been for the year so far. I’m only going by memory here so I probably have forgot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I’m going to take a look at a recent “Dreams of Things” and write about it. I’ve got cover #293 out that I did back on July 7, 2025. This is an ink and marker drawing that is part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I accomplished my goal. I got some painting done this summer. Five paintings. That was pretty good. But, of course, such an accomplishment is always followed by the question of, “What is next?”. Even if I was a financially successful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On August 9 2025, I finished my fifth and final painting of the summer. Not quite the calendar summer since I started thinking about and sketching them in the middle of May and then I finished them in early August.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t written a “Friends” walkthrough in about eight months. I haven’t even watched an episode since I wrote that last walkthrough. No reason why except that I just never felt like watching the show. It looks like I left[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…