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Sketching Throughout the Day and Eating Steak Again
The other day I wrote about “sketching anyway.” I’d meant to follow up with another post about this topic. On this day I was sketching squash and chefs. But when I pulled up the file I was reminded that those pages also documented my jaw failure. (September 2024). I wasn’t quite ready to revisit that in […]
In Context: Engineer Humor—A Laugh Riot Here, Really
To understand today’s post you’ll need to click on the image and read the text I put on my journal page. It’s that simple. I’ve made markers to guide you, but you do have to work for it by reading the text, because in context the humor works. Just like much of my life works […]
In Context—There’s A Story in That…
One of the things journaling teaches you, if you didn’t already know it and didn’t start journaling specifically because of this fact, is that there is a story in everything—in every minute, in a bit of discussion, in a fleeting glance at the light. And the journal lets you capture all that, assimilate it, draw […]
Inadvertent Poem—Capture Them in Your Journal
From the time I was 6-years-old through adulthood I wrote dozens of letters every week. That was back before email! My family moved often and I was always a great distance from friends. I think when we rely on email more and more, we miss some of the truly wonderful, kind things that people “say” […]
Three Empty Drawers and a Hole in My Heart
My blog is about my many enthusiasms and I said good-bye to one on December 27. I wanted to note its passing in a blog post because it is a huge change for me, and a huge acceptance (I’m not totally there yet) piece. But writing about it will help me let it go… On […]
Richard Reaches 70 (Not Years!)
First, today’s image doesn’t relate to the post at all. I just loved the sketch so much. And I do try to keep the blog festive with sketches. So as to today’s topic—Yep, in 44 years Dick has made me laugh 70 times. I make him laugh 5 to 15 times a day (you do […]
Mysteries, and Something Not a Mystery
It’s no secret that I love mysteries—books, TV, film. It doesn’t really matter. I think they keep my mind busy. Dick laughs that I work everything out in the first few minutes (if it’s TV or film), but I have to keep watching anyway, just to make sure they are being honest about clues […]
Cryptic Notes on Slips of Paper
As I wrap up my Patreon/RozInterim site my desk is layered with all manner of cryptic notes. Some notes quote me back to myself. It’s my students telling me a quotation mattered to them, helped them turn a corner in their drawing practice. I’m always surprised what things hit and when. Some notes remind me […]
Page by Page
Page by page I’ve been working through one of my last remaining hand-bound journals containing ThSaunders/Waterford 90 lb. high white, hot press watercolor paper. The great news is that they are still making this paper so that I could bind some more of these approximately 8-inch square books. This is one of the recent […]
In Context: Things that Filter Through
Not a mistake, the page spread is the post for today. Click on the image and it will enlarge for easy reading.