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Monthly Archives: October 2025
29 Years
In the event of birthdays, anniversaries and a few other holidays, Tina and I have a tradition where we exchange cards that we make for one another. It certainly saves on the clutter and we end up with something truly … Continue reading
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Happy 29th!
Happy anniversary to my dear husband Joe!
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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Sunflowers
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Selling Seeds in the SHOW ME State
Bill was doing really well in the seed racket in Missouri back in 1965.
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My Nemesis in Polyester: A High School Memory
Wherein I dispense a little cartoon justice on my high school nemesis, a troglodyte in polyester. No gentle glide down memory lane here—just ink and spite. Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 1970s high school, art school experience, athletic struggles, cartoon caricature, comic book fantasy, coming-of-age stories, disco era, fountain pen art, high school bullying, high school nostalgia, It Came From The Sketchbook, jock culture, polyester fashion, rock vs disco, school days, sketchbook drawing, South Jersey high school, South Philly culture, STUPID=COOL mindset, teenage rivalry
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Pen+Gear Sketchbooks: Not All Are Winners
I’ve been working on notions of what the final scenes of my Teenage Beast story will be like, sketching ideas in my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary. As I have written before, that sketchbook is a gem as far as price and … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged acid-free, art supplies, budget sketchbooks, dragon sketch, feathering, fountain pens, India, ink bleed, mixed media, Paper quality, Pen+Gear, rough sketches, Sketch Diary, sketchbooks, Teenage Beast, Ticonderoga UCreate, Vietnam, Walmart
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Dead Man’s Party
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Posted in Halloween, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged decorations, Halloween, skeletons, South Philly
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Caturday
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Posted in Caturday, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged Caturday, South Philly, window cats
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