Some more sketches for Inktober from my day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo earlier this week. Of course, I cannot say with certainty that the lion was actually thinking "Life is nice," or even anything remotely akin to a human emotion, but he positively radiated a sense of contentment. The Lady Ross's Turaco lives in the... Continue Reading →
Over the summer, an old friend of mine -- and how I hate the phrase "old friend," but all the euphemisms ("friend of long standing," et al) just make it obvious that you're trying to avoid using the phrase "old friend," which makes it worse somehow -- but at any rate, an old friend I... Continue Reading →
Classicists find this hilarious. The Writer's Almanac points out that today is the birthday of the Greek poet Euripides. How they know this, I do not know, what with the scarcity of written records from that period, the many adjustments made to our calendars over the centuries, etc. etc. Nonetheless, I took it as a... Continue Reading →
Mr. B. & I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago, in our typically low-key way. We went out for a quiet dinner; but then again, nearly all our dinners are quiet, since we are both quiet people who are content to be with one another in a comfortable silence. (There's a... Continue Reading →
Map borrowed from the Internet & altered/purpled by me; plum drawing also by me. Q: What's the difference between Cleveland and the Titanic? A: Cleveland has a better orchestra. --popular joke, ca. late 1970s The latter half of the 20th century wasn't kind to the city of Cleveland. You know the litany: river catches on... Continue Reading →
Last year, Goat Day was in early September. This year, due to the vagaries of goat husbandry, it was the last weekend in June. Belatedly, here's my design for the 4th annual "Goat Day," the invitation-only celebration of All Things Goat at the farm of my friends Heather & Ken. (Get your Goaterdammerung t-shirts, mugs,... Continue Reading →
Or "A Belated Birthday Gift For My Husband, Which I Finally Managed to Finish, Albeit A Couple of Weeks After the Fact."Some notes: My husband Andy is 15 years older than I am, which occasioned some comment when we were dating, and when we got engaged. Most of it was lighthearted in nature -- well, except... Continue Reading →
Long time, no blog. I know. I blame the holidays. All of them. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, National Chocolate Cake Day, National Kazoo Day. And this year, Penguin Awareness Day & Inauguration Day were on consecutive days! How could I be expected to get anything done? Okay, you caught me. Sheer sloth is my only... Continue Reading →
"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise."
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