Leveling Up in Life
National Quitters Day looms. I’ve read it’s the 12th, 17th, or 19th, depending on which news source you read. Don’t quit now! For me 2020 is all about work-life-fitness balance. I have a number of…
More Characters – Digital Color is Free
Three more hours this weekend gave me time to start another character. In this illustration you’ll see the three main characters from Darklaw, but also a few new characters. Two adolescents drive the Darklord plot,…
The Hero’s Journey – Darklord and Avestine WIP
I was able to do some writing, plotting, and illustration all in the same week on the second novel of the Darklaw Saga — Darklord. I like to refer to Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey”…
Working Through the Shingles Vaccine
Have I posted yet about getting the shingles vaccine and what a mistake that was? I’m not willing to accept on medical authority that every vaccine is safe, effective, and necessary. There is too much…
A Flour Sack Dress and Wuzhi
The following is probably my favorite parable. This comes from Huainanzi, arising from the Daoist classics Daodejing and Zhuangzi. I’m reminded of it anytime someone around me (or I) make assumptions or judgments about events. Like many families…
