Category Archives: Looking back

Summer Begins with Gags and Cocktails

Posted on June 3, 2010 by MrBill

Summer, 2010.  My favorite season – warm sunny days and cool evenings, and as SAM says, “the weird things in my head.”  Thoughts of summers past and the one ahead. Memorial Day for the past twelve years has meant a … Continue reading →

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Florida, North Along the Atlantic Coast

Posted on March 11, 2010 by MrBill

Farewell to Key West, sniff.  Short flight up to Fort Lauderdale… Boca Raton. A short drive up 95 from FLL.  Fancy cars, gated communities and high-end shopping.  High point was SAM’s reunion with college roommate, Donna.  She treated us to … Continue reading →

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Snow Moon

Posted on December 29, 2009 by MrBill

For more than 170 years, folks much smarter than me have stood before Thomas Cole’s five “Course of Empire“ paintings and been struck by his painting genius and their provocative message.  For most of that time they have hung in … Continue reading →

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Blizzard?

Posted on December 19, 2009 by MrBill

Hey, it’s still comin’ down.  Good time to post a journal update.  It’s been a long time since we’ve been snowed in.  Too bad it’s not a school day so all the teachers could have a break and the kids … Continue reading →

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L’Caricature

Posted on November 9, 2009 by MrBill

For the past seven years I’ve packed up my pencils, markers and pens and joined a bunch of comic portrait artists at their annual international conventions (plus two wonderful smaller events in Malaga, Spain and Tokyo, Japan.) They have tolerated … Continue reading →

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The Falling Leaves Drift By The Window…

Posted on October 19, 2009 by MrBill

Nat King Cole, 1955.  It’s Fall and oh my, the seasons’ life metaphor. Time to bring in the porch furniture and break out the sweaters. SAM does so many nice drawings and paintings – here’s your chance to see one … Continue reading →

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Hudson Valley to Poplar Forest

Posted on September 4, 2009 by MrBill

I have copies of Thomas Cole’s “Voyage of Life” series paintings in my home. Another great 19th century painter, Frederic Church, has an original Thomas Cole (his teacher) hanging in his mansion at Olana.  Get it? Yo, now at last, … Continue reading →

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Traveling

Posted on July 12, 2009 by MrBill

My first trips that I recall were in the woods and along the beach near my grandparents farm in South Dartmouth, MA. I never went far, but the exploration was exciting. Looking back and throughout my life, I’ve always enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Kar Tripz

Posted on April 16, 2009 by MrBill

Cutesy spelling for a personal trip down some old back roads and the realization of how the automobiles I’ve owned have framed some big swatches in my life.  This is probably a guy thing as we tend to obsess about … Continue reading →

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — It’s All About History

Posted on April 9, 2009 by MrBill

Until the last few weeks, what I knew about the Ottoman Empire wouldn’t make my local humming birds sneeze.  Now those fascinating little birds have the flu thanks to my course on the history of Turkey.   As that empire slowly … Continue reading →

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