1. Welcome to springtime in Virginia. Yesterday it was in the 80's. Today it's snowing.

2. "What can you leave behind
When you're flyin' lightning fast
And all alone?"

-Townes Van Zandt, "High Low and In Between"

3. Sometimes, when I watch his little legs and ears twitching, I wonder: What do blind dogs dream about?


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"This is a test," the voice in your head says, "A test of your will, a test of your patience. Can you hold this thing, this precious thing, in the right way? With the right touch? At the right distance?"

Photo: July 2003:


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1. My new housepainting website2. Race results: Martha Jeff 8K: 37:29 (7:34 miles). 9th/32 age group, 84th/477 overall ( Read more... )

Yeah, music's like that. Sometimes you hear a song, and it's clear that that song was written specifically about you. Even if the man who wrote it died 32 years ago ( Read more... )

Colonial Half-Marathon, Williamsburg, Virginia, 25 February, 2007. 1:46:59. My second fastest half ever, 28th out of 78 in my age group.


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Busy: My show is up, and will be open to the public tomorrow morning.

Book: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell. Definitely one of the best books I've read in the last few years.

Photos of Barack Obama, taken in Richmond, 17 February. The rest are here.


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1. I'm close to being ready for my show next month at the Mudhouse in downtown C-ville. I'm working now on one more major (MAJOR) piece, but everything else is done. If you're in the neighborhood, be sure you check it out ,and come to the opening if you're around on March 2. It will feature all new work that hasn't been shown in town before ( Read more... )

Movie: Naked Lunch: Clever, but forgettable. 3/5.

Book: Endless Love: A book I will never, ever forget.

Doomed. I am doomed.

Picture: Sugar Hollow, 11 February, 2007:


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1. I have been in a really good painting mode of late. What this says about my mental health is another thing entirely ( Read more... )

From Sunday:


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