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Love The Game
Dog-Dog-Dog in the joy of the pursuit Tripper Dog-Dog-Dog likes to chase bumblebees. He snaps at them in an attempt to catch them. He never catches them but that does not deter his endless attempts or...
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Determine The Value
The Lost Boy (one of many) sitting on a mule. Last year Skip taught me that crowd sourcing sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo were great ways to test the viability of a project or product. If an idea...
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Open The Box
JIm Marsh of the band, Mom’s Chili Boys, tuning up for rehearsal. It is often the simplest of actions that rock the world. I had one of those moments yesterday. It was a threshold moment. Its power...
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Make An Appeal
Tom and me a long time ago. Horatio wrote and said he hoped my kickstarter campaign picked up steam soon. Me, too. It looks like a long hill to climb with less than 10 days to go and less than a third...
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Begin Here
Begin Anywhere In our house, hanging on the wall like a painting, is an old window frame. In the top pane is a card that reads, “Begin Anywhere.” Earlier this week I had a great conversation with...
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Delight In Delight
Dog-Dog throwing down the gauntlet! Tripper Dog-Dog-Dog has taught me a game. The rules are simple: I pick up a stick. He rushes me and snatches the stick from my hands. I exclaim, “Hey, that’s my...
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Jump!
The set for The Lost Boy Once, I stood on a ledge. I wanted to jump into a river several feet below but I was afraid. I’d watched kids do it all day. They told me in excited tones that it was only a...
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Step Into The Field
[continued from “Jump!] I wrote this phrase: “The one facilitates the journey for the many.” And, today, I would add: the one facilitates the journey for the many so that the many can experience the...
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Mix Beautiful Color
This magnet-sentiment was on Jim’s refrigerator: It’s never too late to become what you might have been. It is particularly poignant because both Jim and I are surprised, dare I admit, disoriented,...
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Get Lost
Kerri in Avalon I lost Kerri. She is deep in a world of imagination and creative glee and hasn’t heard a word I’ve said in hours. A few years ago I went to a figure drawing class. It was the first I’d...
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Make Your Own Adventure
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Embrace The Bump
Art stores are dangerous places. We entered the store with a short list: vine charcoal and titanium white paint. We left with a suspiciously large bag – Kerri found the pen and pencil aisle and got...
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Listen To Your Teachers
my yoga companions and a belly-belly Tripper Dog-Dog-Dog and BabyCat (aka Slim, Sumo, Belly-with-a-Mouth) join me for my morning stretch and yoga. I need only walk to the yoga rug and my practice mates...
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Laugh More
my idea book for our coming-soon cartoon, Chicken Marsala There is laughter coming from the next room. Across the way, a woman bursts into tears and a man with a ponytail leads her away from a group....
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Love To Laugh
my bride on our wedding day. Today marks our one month anniversary. Kerri and I were married one month ago at 11:11am. There are two things that probably best define our wedding: 1) the very first...
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Hold Hands And Step
Today, I believe the single greatest obstacle we throw in our way, the single greatest disservice we plant in our children, the unfortunate self-imposed exile many seniors adopt, the great source of...
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Flawed Cartoon Wednesday
There is so much good mischief in our studio melange! If trying to syndicate Chicken Marsala in strip and single panel [nugget] form was not enough, in our spare time, with the help of our dear friend...
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Put On Your Rubber Boots [It’s Chicken Marsala Monday]
A Chicken Marsala Monday nugget to help kick-start your week. find your puddles and play We were clearing the room of furniture. We needed wide open space to do our work. It was early in our...
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Play Like There’s No Tomorrow [on Chicken Marsala Monday]
DogDog is a terrible fetch dog. Throw a stick, a ball, or a frisbee and he’ll look at you and yawn. However, if you pick up the stick and run it is GAME-ON! He loves to give chase and I have no...
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Step Off The Treadmill [on DR Thursday]
The county fair is over. Kids are heading back to school. Parents are taking their all-grown-up children to college. The rituals of summer’s end are all around us. I was delighted when Kerri chose...
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