Tim Russert passed today. H.E. is a really big fan of his and has never failed to watch Meet the Press every week, and I always know it’s Sunday if I hear that show’s theme song playing on TV and see H.E. sitting with the remote and marveling at the guests that Russert managed to get. We missed the first announcement of this bit of news because I had a little bit of heart trouble this morning and had to…
I recently got myself a better flash for my camera, so I was finally able to capture the cat in action without blowing out the background or losing all the texture in her fur. I mentioned once before that she’s not entirely black, but also reddish brown and shockingly white in some places. So here I’ve caught the cat in a totally undignified pose as she’s rolling on the floor rubbing her back on the carpet, begging for a tummy…
I was exploring Amazon.com when I noticed that their bestselling books in the science fiction and fantasy genre is a young adult series involving vampires. Vampires. I remember young adult books. I used to read them when I was, well, a young adult. I don’t seem to remember vampires being involved. Then again, I used to read stuff by Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and Ellen Conford. They wrote funny, sweet, or sometimes romantic books that dealt with the subject of…
Assignments slowed down a little when one of my bosses went on vacation, so when another e-publisher contacted me about doing covers for them I said, “Sure!” That now makes five. I’m also working on a couple of secret projects at one of my older publishers. The projects are not really that secret, but the actual stuff I’m working on isn’t ready for public view yet. Hopefully more on that the next time. In the meantime, here’s what else I’ve…
It’s been a while since I’ve made a proper update, so here are photos of a hat and scarf I made last year, based on a hat and scarf I originally designed for Minnie. The original scarf was wider; I’ve made this one narrower, but it uses the same starburst stitches, shown here: I’ve actually made this set about three times now, mostly because I wanted to write down the hat pattern in my notebook and re-create the pattern from…