Wednesday, January 02, 2008

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January 2, 2007 Woke up to clouds and a warm wind. Went up Old Stage Road in the twilight with the dogs. I've taken to wearing a Coss...
Monday, December 31, 2007

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December 31, 2007 Took a couple days off from doing the blog. Felt like a free man! Ha. Working on commissions in the studio, going fo...
Friday, December 28, 2007

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December 28, 2007 Last one in the office. It's four P.M. on Friday and everyone's taken off for the New Year's weekend. Kind ...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

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December 27, 2007 Got several new books in this week: Missing White Girl by Jeffrey J. Mariotte, a border story about a dark world of bi...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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December 26, 2007 Back in office. Had a very nice Christmas at home. Stayed close to family and the studio stove. Took the dogs out a cou...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

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December 25, 2007 Woke up to a bitter wind. Took the dogs up the road and of course, they were as happy as if it was Christmas Day. Wo...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

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December 23, 2007 Quite nippy out this morning. Fed the chickens and went for a bike ride. Started a fire in the studio stove and painted o...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

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December 22, 2007 Nice day at home. Worked on two commissions: a Stagecoach Pass painting and Powhattan Clark, for friends in Arkansas wh...
Friday, December 21, 2007

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December 21, 2007 Bonus Bonus Blog Post Went home for lunch to check on the chickens. I let the two big hens (the biggest I call Bea-52) ...

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December 21, 2007 Bonus Blog Post Quiet in the office. Besides me, only Robert Ray, Carole Glenn, Samantha Somers, Joel Klasky, Michele H...

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December 21, 2007 Perused a whole stack of new books yesterday looking for possible Classic Gunfights. Gary A. Wilson's long-awaited ...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

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December 20, 2007 Bonus Blog Post Okay, let's play catch-up and post some of the backlog from the past week: Here's a series o...

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December 20, 2007 I had a wonderful birthday party last night at our secluded adobe ranchito. Kathy whipped up a fabulous batch of chicke...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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December 19, 2007 Bonus Blog Post Got a couple Birthday greetings and words of advice. First the advice: "Don't let yourself for...

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December 19, 2007 I've got a roaring headache (on my birthday!) mainly from the web conflict between Safari and Firefox and a half do...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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December 18, 2007 Bonus Blog Post Cleaned off a shelf in my studio and found a whole bunch of computer stuff, like floppys and scuzzy cor...

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December 18, 2007 I'm reading Life Among The Apaches, by John C. Cremony. This is one of a series in the "Time-Life Classics of...
Monday, December 17, 2007

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December 17, 2007 Had to drive down into the Beast this morning for a Channel 8 Documentary they are doing on "Phoenix In The Sevent...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

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December 16, 2007 Wonderful day at home today. Hauled in wood for the studio stove and kept it stoked all day. Worked on a variety of scr...
Saturday, December 15, 2007

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December 15, 2007 Got the third bid on the roof repair today. Floyd Rivera, Jr. of R&F Roofing showed up at noon, got out his ladder ...