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Welcome to my blog! This is where I post my latest work - illustration (I), graphic design (GD), photos (P), videos (V), writing (W) - as well as stuff I like by other people (OPP- "otha people's pictures"). Check back often for updates, and to show you care.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Death Comes Closest on Tuesdays (W)

Another day, another contest. This one's genre was Suspense, and it had to involve a "wounded soldier" and a "sewing needle." Enjoy the full story here.

"Death Comes Closest on Tuesdays"


    Matty’s severed head was singing softly. It was their favorite:        
    
    Night and day...you are the one...

    An old song from America, a fantasy country now, so far away it might as well have been in orbit. She’d been dreaming of his death, as she always did now. In the drifting moment where she rose into waking, she sang along with him: 

    Only you beneath the moon, and under the sun...

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Happy Lunar New Year 2026! (Fire Horse)

Happy Year of the Horse, friends. This is my fourth year of doing this - see other years below. I was inspired this year to do a 'fire horse' variation. Gong hei fat choy!





Saturday, February 14, 2026

Monday, January 26, 2026

Hyenas (P)

I painted this 3' x 3' canvas a few years ago, oil on canvas. It's a ball of hyenas. You're welcome.



Monday, January 19, 2026

Wall Cat (GD)

A sticker design for a friend. That cat is not a cat, stop calling Engineering.



Saturday, January 3, 2026

My Best Of 2025 List!


Hey, here's some of the best stuff I watched or read last year:

BEST MOVIE I WATCHED: The History of Sound

BEST TV SHOW I WATCHED: Dying For Sex

BEST BOOK I READ: Playground, by Richard Powers
    I also recommend Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, James by Percival Everett, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, and The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo.

BEST HORROR MOVIE I WATCHED: Bring Her Back