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I always use this time of year to reflect on the previous 12 months and think about the kind of vision I want to set forth for the coming year. If I make resolutions, I try to make them as [...]

It’s pretty difficult to choose my top 10 books read during 2010, especially since so many of them were read for a specific purpose (ex. studying war). But because the purpose of this list would [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen: I proudly present, My 2010 Book List. Here’s a list of everything I read…excluding submissions, editing manuscripts, news articles/magazines, and friends’ stories. It’s been [...]

One major part of life on the road has included my independent martial arts training. I left North Carolina 11 months ago as a brown belt. My teacher, Hanshi, and I agreed that I’d call and write [...]

I spent some time up in the attic this afternoon, sorting through boxes of books and deciding what I’ll need for Oregon, the mystery of May & June, and then summer 2011 at Interlochen (MI) [...]

The day after I arrived, Mom and I headed to Ingles grocery store. We got about fifteen feet past the grapes and then we saw five people we know: Two glassblowers whose three children we taught [...]

Quick business news, then the real posts about being home in North Carolina begin tomorrow… John and I are pleased to announce the new, improved, dino-fantastic TRACHODON Website. Check it out, [...]

What do six artists do when they’ve been checked out of their studios, all their bags are packed, their papers are signed, and there’s still 36 hours left? Play Twister, of course! And eat, of [...]

Step three looks like this: A handmade book by fellow Jentel resident and printmaker Maranda Allbritten, whose work is beautiful, affordable, and well-designed. In early 2005, about the time [...]

Well, step two looks like spending the evening redesigning my blog while listening to Moby, Amy Winehouse, and The Carper Family (not Carter). The redesign has been on my mind for almost a [...]