Books

I think there’s a Walter Mitty in each of us.  We understand the most grotesque Thurberesque hallucinatory visions described creatively as a rather charming form of mental illness, because… well,…Read more

A while back I posted ‘What is a Muse?’ on this blog. That was like asking ‘What are the northern lights?’ before you’ve seen the full display, or ‘What…Read more

I actually posted this piece exactly one year ago.  I was still happy with my resolution (made mid-year) to waste no more of my remaining time playing solitaire.  I…Read more

There are some issues we need to get out of the way. I suppose “we” refers primarily to “me” but that is what it is. The way we see…Read more

When things go wrong – AND THEY DO – it’s sometimes nice to remember that we’re not privy to the ‘big picture’ for which things might just be going…Read more

Bill Davidson was a lawyer who decided to become a painter upon retirement. He has put out a video of his techniques (which I have not watched BTW) for…Read more

So what is a muse? How does it motivate us to do what we do? I remember a comment made by Bill Laimbeer – a rather obnoxious dirty player…Read more

If one sees oneself as possessing a hammer, problems tend to become just a bunch of nails.  If anything appears to confirm that the problem may, in fact, be…Read more