This arrived today. Every time my mail-in ballot comes into the outside mailbox I am set to wondering. What if someone opened the mailbox and took mine out. Would I notice the absence? Well, yes, because I am living in part of my daughter's house, and she and her husband also receive ballots. But…
Since 1974 or so, our family has loved a gem in the Cascade Mountains that is surprisingly accessible from our truly suburban homes in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. The first years we were often there camping out with very few other campers nearby. The place was four miles down…
Sometimes I make up surprises for myself, just to wake up the "fun" spirit inside me. There's nothing like a blank piece of good art paper drawn out of its brown wrapper and placed on the art table. What about some MARKS? Dealing with ennui is no stranger around here. It's not that…
Hello and thank you for looking up my website. This address is one of many sites that are now in the process of being gathered into a simplified HUB which will be easier to peruse. Seventy years of work, more or less, is a big order. I have retired from full time art-making now, but…
There's a player on the Seattle Mariner's team who struck me from the first time I saw him pitch as a person to watch. The Mariners agreed with me -- he pitched his way into being the go-to "closer" for the team-- the one they get in at the very final innings of the game…
Musings about my art work, published at The Story Hall (medium.com) and other places.
SUMMER ! Watercolor on Arches circa 1985 by SGHolland My artist friend's sister was expecting to deliver any minute! Would she like to just snooze on the squishy pink studio foldout chair and be our model for a session, I wondered. Why yes, that sounded good to her. This watercolor,…
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Moving is full of tension, whether it's moving goods and chattels from one geographic place to another, or, as is the case now, trying to compile a useful and attractive place for the much stuff I have on the web by now. I talk. Clearly my talking has become writing while I spend a lot…
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