Author Archives: Joe

Mesmerized by a Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Joe

My love affair with a three-dollar sketchbook meant for the juvenile market continues as I find myself doodling in it regularly. I keep it within reach in case inspiration strikes and I have to jot down a note or scribble … Continue reading →

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My First Visual Metaphor

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Joe

I did my first Visual Metaphor or VLM as my client calls them in 2005. My client is a counselor who works with executives and teaches them leadership skills and helps them with issues involving personnel making them more effective … Continue reading →

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Werewolf Interrupted

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Joe

I’m not yet ready to declare the juvenile sketchbook I wrote about recently as the NEW Sketchbook from Heaven, but I do usually keep it close at hand, and I am busily filling its cheap pages with scribbles. It may … Continue reading →

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Commissioner Gordon, is that you?

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Joe

I only ever remember actor Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon in the 1966 Batman television series and maybe an episode of Perry Mason or Outer Limits here or there. Today I caught him in Blind Date (1934) playing a rakish … Continue reading →

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More Colors of the Season

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Joe

Jefferson Square in Philadelphia, PA is where I gauge the progress of the seasons.

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Fall Colors at Fernwood Cemetery

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Joe

This is on Baltimore Pike in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania just outside of the Western border of Philadelphia. The weather is crisp, and I was there at the right time to catch some fall foliage in this beautiful and tranquil place.

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Could This Sketchbook Be The One?

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Joe

Tina snagged me this cheap sketchbook meant for kiddies along with another one that had a disgustingly whimsical Christmas llama on the cover five years ago in what was hoped to be a replacement for the mysterious, blank-covered Sketchbook from … Continue reading →

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