Are d2 to d4 chess notations? Yes! I'm not sure I'd know what to do with them if I had them. Notions, notations, whatever.

Where do I go from here? I'll ask often enough to not be surprised by the…

The picture is a combination of a couple of creations for my video Shadow's Puppet. Give it a look and see what you find.

Lots of times, I can't think of anything to say. 

Often, there's too much to…

Roy Rogers was a silver screen cowboy. I'd say that he never shot anybody in those silver screen movies. If a bad guy needed a lesson, Roy would shoot the gun right out of his hands. That'll teach 'em!

Of…

Sól, how are you dear Friend?

I'm not up on Norse or Roman mythology. I hope that no one expects me to be. I do know that the closet star to Earth brings us light and warmth. Without it, there…

Blog Post Number 132:

I have rambled on about my video Shadow's Puppet for several days. There's a few dozen more stories to tell about that and the process. But today, nothing serious. No political commentary, no sales pitch…

Did anyone recognize Abbey Road in the video? I recall a meme that I’ve seen a few times that showed the Beatles walking right to left across Abbey Road. All of them are wearing shoes. I have captioned that meme…

Tomorrow, November 3rd, 2020 is going to be a pivotal point in American history. I hope everyone makes the effort to be part of it. For the moment, that's enough said about that. Do the right thing. The world is…

It wasn't intentional, but as the video project evolved some of the lyrics pulled me directly toward an old TV series, Dark Shadows. "...My dark shadow follows me." The second scene zooms out from a window in the silhouette…

December 17th, 2016, A Chinese Naval Warship captures a U.S. drone spy submarine in the South China Sea. Chinese Capture Spy Submarine 

In case anyone was wondering why my video "Shadow's Puppet" has a yellow submarine, here's why. After the…

Months ago, I told Kari about my idea for making a stop-motion video for my song "Shadow's Puppet." She told me to go fly a kite. I did, Well, not quite.

I made a small kite from construction paper and…

Day 731: Beer hasn’t missed me one bit. Overall I’d say we’re about even. I have been fortunate and I am grateful. Two years plus one day (leap year). I’ve been counting.

Now, how about l ramble on about…

"Hey, bub bub bub bu bus," is more like what I said when I first saw it.

A few Summers ago I had the good fortune of a few free days while I was in Upstate New York. I…

The owl knows. Not the owl nose. Close your eyes and read that again. Sounds the same, eh?

Hey, speaking of being in cahoots with owls, I had a visit from a couple of wise old friends last week…

Several scenes in the video have trees on each side framing the scene. Three hundred thirty-seven photographs made 17 seconds of video used during the Abbey Street BLM scene. These friendly trees also have a supporting role in the "Boy…

Oh, act like you didn't know this was coming! My Baby is a day old.

So cute, so adorable. Here, have a look!

Shadow's Puppet <<=== Baby Pictures!

Hey Friends, pass these around please!

Eternal Luna

Rise up, reflect, from…

Shadow's Puppet video came as a result of the Covid Curse. This "Shelter-in-Place Quarantine Project" evolved after I had made some stop-motion/green-screen scenes for Micaville Music's BobFest 2020.

I've learned as the project progressed. I have a borrowed camera body…

Friday in October. The moon grows, the leaves die and fall. 

I have worked for months on this stop-motion/green screen photography video thingie. Tonight, I'm done. This final process takes several hours for this laptop to process. All of this…

Here’s part B of a wonderful story. Today (Thursday) is not going to be “New Video Day.” The good news is that I have started final processing of what may be the final version. Two highly scrupulous editors will get…

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Not my new video for Shadow’s Puppet, that’s who. I really do appreciate everyone who checked back today. I am working on it. Right soon!

Meanwhile, I was thinking about Julia Cameron’s book, ”The Artist’s Way."…

I've been spending much of my COVID downtime working on a video for Shadow's Puppet, a song on my latest CD.

I started this project in May of this year after stumbling across a few ideas while creating a couple…

Winston-Salem, NC 2009

”We’re going to go get tutored!” That is what she heard, or that is what she thinks she heard. We had an appointment at the veterinarian. I had said ‘Neutered.” She heard “Tutored.” Well, it all…

Friends, it is that time of year again. I had something that needed to be taken to the attic. Kari had something that needed to be taken to the attic. “While you’re up there,” she says, “Bring down the box…

I finally figured out what all the fuss is about. The Game of Throwns! Darts, what’s the big deal? Well, Kari used to be really good at darts. Maybe we’ll give that a try someday. Right now, Cribbage. I’m still…

This story has always left me a bit perplexed. I’ve never lived in NYC, so I’m not sure if this is something that happens all the time or not.

In 1986, CBS News anchor Dan Rather was attacked outside of…

I have always thought my Dad had a very practical way of looking at things and explaining them. He told me often, "If you ever start thinking that you are smart, just remember how many millions of children under the…