Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Heading to France Wearing Underpants

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July 12, 2017    Flying all day today to meet up with my son Thomas, his wife Amy and my granddaughter Harper in the City of Lights. ...

The Cecil B. DeMille Effect

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July 11, 2017    Still scorching hot (108 for the high).  Big clouds yesterday afternoon. Whenever we get sun rays shafting down through th...
Monday, July 10, 2017

A Trump thunderhead?

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July 10, 2017     My mother saw all kinds of things in clouds. I thought of her on my drive home from Phoenix this afternoon as I made my w...

Don't Touch My Hat!

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July 10, 2017     Working on a feature for the magazine on one of my favorite topics. I want to capture just the right attitude and angst o...
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Sunday, July 09, 2017

Face Painters, Hat Fanatics And Red Light Behavior

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July 9, 2017    Trying to finish a big sketchbook before I leave on Wednesday for France. I'm taking along a smaller sketchbook on the ...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

Spaghetti Sexy & The Heat Goes On

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July 8, 2017 Sometimes I get real picky about authentic gear in a Western, and then, other times, I really don't care. This is one o...
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Friday, July 07, 2017

The Cavalry to The Rescue

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July 7, 2017    We Boomers have been conditioned at an early age to believe that when we hear the bugle call, we know the cavalry is coming...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

A Two Gun Man vs. A Four Gun Man

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July 6, 2017    Some armchair historians like to poo-poo the Two-Gun Man as portrayed in early day Westerns. The two-gun toting movie stars...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Scorching Sunlight & Olive In Shadow

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July 5, 2017    My goal at this time of year is to get out on the road for my morning walk by 5:30, 5:40 at the latest, because once the su...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Fourth of July Manifesto

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July 4, 2017    This is the most surreal time I have ever lived through. With that in mind, I thought I'd write down a few things I...
Monday, July 03, 2017

The Final Bitchin' Push On The Great Western

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July 3, 2017    I put the finishing touches on several big ideas this morning. Worked all weekend on The Great Western. Left the house only...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

Seeking Second Artillery Insignia & Big Boned Women

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July 2, 2017    Finishing up a couple takes on The Great Western for the splash page opening that will run in the next issue of True West. ...
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Saturday, July 01, 2017

Sarah Brava and The Citizen Cap

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July 1, 2017    Thanks to Stuart Rosebrook who sent me a link to some old 1840s photographs, I did a sketch of one of them and realized it ...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Desperately Seeking Those Dang 1840s Mexican War Campaign Caps

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June 30, 2017    Spent all morning working on a hopefully more historically accurate version of the Great Western for our splash page ope...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Crossing The Line With The Scandalous Sarah Bowman

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June 29, 2017    Sarah Bowman lived an outrageous life. Everyone agrees on that. But, for some reason, perhaps because of the salacious nat...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Planning & Zonies

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June 28, 2017     We had our annual sales planning session on Monday at the True West World Headquarters. Every single person in this pictu...
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