Category: illustration

  • Imaginaries

    It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality. Virginia Woolf The “I” Word. I have a tiny closet. It’s one of those old fashioned, “1930’s modest home” kind of closets. I put shelves in it for storage, which left me with nowhere to hang my clothes. I ended up buying one of…

  • Hallelujah Henry

    -Barbershop Tales- Chapter 2 Floyd had just finished locking up when he heard tapping on the door. “Hold on,” he yelled. The taps turned to thumps, and by the time he reached the door it sounded as though someone was trying to jack hammer their way in. He was greeted by Henry, the gentleman who…

  • Amazing Grace

    -Barbershop Tales- Chapter 1 “My husband’s having an affair,” Grace mumbled, her eyes fixated on the floor.  A single tear slid down her cheek as she clicked her sandals together – shaking off remnants of freshly cut hair that had managed to land between her toes. Grace was one of Floyd’s first clients and she…

  • Floyd’s Place

    -Barbershop Tales- Prologue Secrets were never safe in the town of Jagger Hills. Gossip traveled so fast that the phone lines buzzed. Tourists – who didn’t know any better – would often duck and run, believing that a swarm of bees was overhead. Then, after a while, people got tired, or hurt, or just plain angry,…

  • Embracing It

    I’m super excited for the “E” word – Embrace – because I thought about it a lot today and I’m totally ready to embrace it. Ha! Of course, my first ideas were of a romantic couple in each other’s arms, or two friends, or even a mother and a child. Then my thoughts went to…

  • The Dilly Dally

    I thought I’d have a little fun with the letter “D.” One reason I chose Dilly Dally is because I enjoy the sound of it. More than the sound of lollygagging. Another reason I chose it is because – as I’ve mentioned here before – I live with my mother. Well, she is 86 years…