May your holiday season be joyous and bright Around the time when many countries shifted the clocks back one hour this fall, there were copious articles and news stories decrying what this twice-yearly time change does to our bodies, how it disrupts our sleep patterns, is bad for kids in school, decreases productivity, and is…
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It was one of those mornings. I sat crunched in the shower floor, attacking the grout lines with Bonamie cleanser and an old toothbrush while singing along to Louis Armstrong’s arrangement of La Vie en Rose, thus proving my firm belief that jazz makes all thing bearable.
Astrono-not-about-ME Occasionally I tell someone that I’m hugely interested in astronomy, that so much of my work is inspired by this love. Invariably, unless the person I’m telling is a scientist or of an engineering type brain, the reply I hear is, “That’s cool. When were you born?”“June”“Gemini?”“Yep.”“I can totally see that.”What I often want…
Toward the beginning of my serious calligraphic studies, I took both of Reggie Ezell’s year long workshops. Veteran calligraphers had long dubbed Reggie’s year-longs as trial by fire via dip pen and ink (and dry pigments, watercolor, gouache, gold leaf, gum Arabic, real vellum, etc.). As a total newbie, I kept my head down and…
If you’re not an artist but would like to be, you might believe that the days of full time creatives begin something like this: Awaken with ideas and motivation to begin another day of your dreams. Brush teeth and shower while pondering how to go about these great ideas. Prepare and eat a healthy breakfast…
What I Never Learned in Study Hall In junior high and high school, the only good thing about study hall was 56 minutes of not having some ranting teacher boringly lecture at me. On the other hand, it wasn’t art, history, or any interesting literature either. Usually, it was time for me to cram for…
