Third time sketching cowboy Will at the Buzz in Arden. Every time is different. … See MoreSee Less
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Maegan on the green couch at Buzz Ware Village Center … See MoreSee Less
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Outtakes 2023: Postcard to my former coworker Julie Tilsner from my days at Businessweek Magazine in the 90s. … See MoreSee Less
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I found a lovely valley in the woods near our home, when my son was about 6. I would hike with him sometimes with our young golden retriever pup, Bick. On one stroll, we followed the little steam that ran through it, a little further than usual. We spotted a large deer skeleton on the far bank. Another less impressive skeleton also lay a little further down. We decided that we must have stumbled upon the deer burial grounds. We pondered the antlered skull of this impressive stag, and considered that it would be quite a gamble to remove such a powerful totem of the forest from this hallowed ground. Would it bring us great fortune? Or an eternal curse? Well it was cool, so we took our prize. On the walk back up from the valley, I realized I had had the boy out a little too long and he had a bit of an accident in his pants. Deer are quite stupid creatures so I decided this was probably the worst curse the deer spirits could come up with. We took the skull home and cleaned it in a bath of hydrogen peroxide. My son kept it mounted on the wall of his room for years, but left it behind when he grew up and moved to Houston. I keep it in a bag in the basement now, but it is an interesting object to take out and sketch from time to time. Fortunately I seem to have avoided the Embarrassing Shart Curse of the Deer Skull. So far. … See MoreSee Less
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