Archive for April, 2010
Floor It
Okay, I know it’s just wood. Old knotted up and roughhewn barn wood. But I’m in love. Love, I tell you. It’s the new floor in my studio. Which I used to call ‘my office’ and though I likely will call it ‘office’ again, ‘studio’ is much more given to creativity and inspiration. So. Studio. Cute Redhead and I decided
“How Do You Write?”
“How do you write?” I was asked this again recently and reminded that I said I’d write a bit about writing at all. Now that the WiP blog is finally laid out and organized the way I envisioned it nearly eight months ago, I’m willing to start putting some of this out there. Notice I said ‘willing to’ and not
Serving The Song
I learned a long time ago (and I still believe it) that the most treasured thing you can give a person is your friends. So if this interview with my great friend, Betsy, lands in any of you something like a new friendship…well, I’ll be happy. Betsy and I go back over twenty years. We’re both artists and, as such,
Because Coffee Solves Everything
So you know how often you’d like to take a nice hot cup of coffee and throw it at someone’s head? (don’t lie to me). Well…wouldn’t it make explaining the concussion to the police officer that much more enjoyable if you we’re sipping the elixir of Life from your very own WiP coffee mug? (thought so). Now you can! Waltzing
Of A Sunday
Taking a break in what’s turning into Another Remodel. That is, my studio. Which Cute Redhead and I have miraculously both agreed needs to be redone. The paint color and the carpet both make us look at one another trying to recall our apparent drug-hazed motivations of several years back. Still can’t figure out how orange and brown happened. But
And The Winner Is…
So there I was seeing to the tasks Cute Redhead left for me to complete while she and the Duchess of Fashion and Accoutrement were out shopping and involved in all kinds of who-knows-what. I was called out into the yard by Alpha Male because he wanted me to watch him break his neck do a back flip. Oh no.
It’s Show Time!
Welcome to the Waltzing in Perdition Studio. Here we’ll get into some home-made video tutorials showing you some practical Photoshop tips and tricks—and some over-the-shoulder cartooning (something I’ve never shown anyone)! Check back soon for updates as the newest videos start rolling out.
Write On
Welcome to the Waltzing in Perdition Journal. I’d write more, but it’s 2 a.m. And anything I write now will probably not make any sense. So, sweet dreams. And here’s to writing and designing and publishing and editing and re-editing and all the rest!
I Wasn’t Kidding
Remember how I said I wanted straight lines in my garden? I wasn’t kidding. So yesterday Cute Redhead came home with the twine I asked for and I made my way out to the garden with a hammer and a few nails. I measured the 24′ length and hammered in a small nail every 12 inches, and on the 8′
When All The World
Here’s to what’s waking up in the yard. The crabapple tree always surprises me. One day, dry and brown and brittle. The next, seemingly ahead of schedule with small leaves. In a few weeks, midwifing color we all thought long-forgotten. There there’s the Martha Washington cherry tree. And that little guy who apparently hung on for dear life through the
