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I was pretty startled to hear the news about the falling of Wall Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. Here’s the National Park Service article. We made a trip out there two years ago, and that particular arch was one I remember well because of its proximity to the hiking trail. A stone wall blocked one side and the …

Here’s a sketch I did between teaching classes yesterday. I had the thumbnail for this drawn over a year ago, but was afraid it wouldn’t work and never pursued the idea. Looking for more portfolio pieces for the fall SCBWI conference made me revisit some old sketchbook ideas, and after I came across this one again I decided to give …

When we arrived in NY in April, it was late on a Sunday evening.We took a cab straight from Penn Station to our hotel,and these were my first impressions of the city.

I’ve finished my first entirely Flash Web site for Ohiopyle Weddings. I still have way too many things I want to do, but don’t know the ActionScript to do them, and don’t know the correct terminology to be able to search for the scripting on the Internet. Still, it’s functional and basically attractive, and best of all, approved by the …

This is Ben. He’s a quick pastel I did while visiting friends yesterday afternoon.

I’ve listed my first item on eBay. It’s a small chalkboard, hand-built from stoneware clay with a fabric eraser and using hemp as hanging material. It’s one of my fine art pieces, and is inspired by indigenous creations and natural materials.

I know the people who think I would be interested in some email they’ve received aren’t trying to cause problems when they forward it to me, but it turns out they are. It’s not so much in that they are forwarding, it’s in the WAY they forward. This also includes any time an email is sent to everyone in an …

I know the people who think I would be interested in some email they’ve received aren’t trying to cause problems when they forward it to me, but it turns out they are. It’s not so much in that they are forwarding, it’s in the WAY they forward. This also includes any time an email is sent to everyone in an …

I’m signed up for the newsletter that FontShop puts out, and they’ve apparently been working pretty hard over there. It looks like they have a new font-building application on their site that lets you build fonts (albeit on a grid) that work on both Windows and Macs. It’s called FontStruct, and here’s the link: http://fontstruct.fontshop.com. Once you’ve created your font, …

Well, we made it to New York and, although we were terribly rushed, we had a great time. We took the Amtrak in (about an eight-hour trip), went to our appointment at Scholastic the next morning and then off to our one-day conference and portfolio review in the afternoon. We had breakfast at Sarabeth’s the next morning, then back on …

Been learning Flash and loving it. I’m still taking baby steps, but I’ve got so many animations and Web sites in my head, I have to keep pushing myself to get there.

I don’t want to come across as promoting fighting, I just want to acknowledge that it happens so I need to document that part of life. Please don’t fight. It’s really not going to solve anything.