With Near Years come resolutions and good intentions. They're often broken or forgotten. So why do we make these promises to ourselves on this particular date? Why do we choose tonight to affirm our desire to change? Simple enough. We mark the passing of the year ( Read more... )

Red is one of those winter holiday colors. Santa Claus dresses in red. Rudolph has a red nose. Maybe it has something to do with how vivid blood is in when spilled in the snow. Blood is life essence. Blood is my gift for the holidays. I gave blood today. I gave the gift of life ( Read more... )

The term walkabout is generally used to refer to a kind of spiritual journey taken by Australian Aborigines. Hollywood and popular fiction has generally described it as wandering less as a rite of passage and more as just a journey to find one's self. I think dogs have their own version on this but rather than walking until they find themselves, ( Read more... )

Through my own webcomic,SLOP at www.rustedtusks.com/, I met an artist and video game industry veteran by the name of Scott Jones.  He's worked on a lot of interesting projects and was the art director for some of the Ultima games.  So deeply was he enmeshed, I believe, in Ultima that's frequent's the court of Lord British himself.  *chuckle*   ( Read more... )

So the other day in my barn I found this neat looking lil pile of rodent bones laying on top of an old wooden palate.

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Last month, a foal was born here.  He's quite a cutey but I've had trouble deciding what to call him.  I went through a variety of names in my head and nothing really stuck.  The other day while riding with a friend I decided  maybe I'd have the Universe decide and so decided to take my cue from the first thing that caught my eye.  And what do I ( Read more... )

For a long time, I have dwelt in the places in-between.  It seems fitting that today, of any day, I post.  The barriers are thinner for me now that the sun has gone down. The doorway seems ea
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