Tag: illustration
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The Bargain Basement
“Money can’t buy love, but it sure improves your bargaining position.” -Anonymous I’ve started making a lot of mental notes lately, like “Oh… I should share this on the blog.” Silly things. Worthless information. But hey, who am I to judge?! My mother and I went to a couple of thrift stores on Friday. I…
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End of the Road
Never blame someone else for the road you’re on. That’s your own asphalt. Oh my goodness. I found that little saying in my phone – when I was deleting the old files – and I’ve been laughing for two days. All I wanted to do was create an image to go with it. I had…
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Seeing Red
I thought I’d go retro for this one. I’m grasping at straws here because anything that is not my story will work tonight. I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place with that, so if you are reading this and were hoping for the ending, or even a continuation into Part 3 of the…
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Rays of Light
“For me a stained glass window is a transparent partition between my heart and the heart of the world”. -Marc Chagall Google’s clarification of Chagall’s thought on stained glass windows… It’s interesting to compare ideas, like the similarity of storytellers needing to elicit curiosity by telling just enough to keep the reader curious and interested,…
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The Mystery Woman
Charlie swore he was innocent. That’s why they hated him so much. “If he’d just man up and confess,” the men explained, “then things might be different.” But Charlie refused to change his plea, accusing his accountant of the crime. Every penny of the firm’s investment funds went missing, and – conveniently enough – so…
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A Birds Eye View
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau I seriously think I’m all talked out for a while. It’s a satisfying feeling (maybe for you as well?). Anyway, I said that my next post would be “different,” so I decided that – for one thing – it would…
a sprinkle of faith 