Busy, incredibly busy. Our vagabonding son is returning tonight from his whirlwind three week tour of Europe before returning to the halls of Westwood … we’re in the throes of doing some business-related moving … and our soon to be B-schooling daughter is visiting various campuses and will shortly be off to Cabo, Milan, then […]

The view from my office window includes this hummingbird feeder which is being invaded by a turks’ cap abutilon. I keep forgetting to go out and cut it back, but I want to do it when I have time to root the trimmings. I’ve grown other abutilons that way, and it’s not difficult. Note to […]

In Southern California, most palm trees take 50 years to grow this tall. Not this species. They’re popping up all over the place with their phony fronds. I suppose it’s better than more visual pollution of towers and wires, but there’s something unnerving about this alien forestation. Call me a Luddite. But don’t call me […]

If you know what day it is, me hearties, leave a comment. If you bilge rats don’t know, try this.

Not a fu dog, very sorry. My American bulldog, Ripley in yet another incarnation. No, she is not relieving herself in the first one. That is my inept blind way of drawing her sitting on her haunches. Just thought I’d clarify that.
what I learned this week: that to move from one area to another […]

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” Robert Frost
Digital collage

This week’s challenge is to draw something metal. I haven’t done a new painting or drawing specifically for the challenge, yet, but in the meantime here’s something from about a year ago.
It was drawn at a Tibetan exhibit at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. about a year ago, then painted later at home […]

test of feed for lj

After the storm warnings, the flight to safety, the suffering and separations, and the fear and turmoil of evacuation … then comes wondering about the future. The greatest suffering, said one psychologist yesterday on a news channel, may still lie ahead as people contemplate homes gone and neighborhoods and people they may never see […]

having trouble with my rss feed, which doesn’t seem to be working, and I don’t really know how to troubleshoot it.
If there’s anyone out there really handy with such things, please let me know.