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Images, Lettering Awareness of the outside world. EarthSky: Why hottest weather isn’t on longest day, Byrd, 2019.~~~ Process notes. Today’s project was Gradient. Radial gradient for sun; linear gradient for hot. Inkscape. Letters drawn on grid with Bezier pen. Not exciting shapes, but a) more original than starting with a font, & b) this wasContinue reading “Summer Words”

Words How did you come to write Rage Anthem? I was in a bad place. I’d had some personal reversals and I was watching way too much news. That was right around the time of the Florida Riots and I knew people who had gotten caught up in them. I hated the human race. So,Continue reading “Rage Anthem, A Fictional Author Interview”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Tokyo Olympics. Would you go? As an athlete? A volunteer? A spectator? Assuming costs covered, qualified, etc. etc. Me? I’ve been vaccinated. I trust the science. I would feel personally safe to go. However, I would be concerned about the burden on the host country. The Guardian: In JapanContinue reading “Milton’s Meals”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. I suspect the people who are getting their knickers in a twist over CRT (see yesterday) are conflating it with the 1619 Project. Personally, I’m all for teaching the full story. Politically, I am having a hard time seeing the NYT as a hotbed of subversive discourse. TheContinue reading “Extending The Sweet Gum Branch”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. “Critical Race Theory … is an academic movement … seek to critically examine the law as it intersects with issues of race …” Wiki: CRT. If we are going to argue about it, at least know what it is. “I’ve taught in American law schools for 30 yearsContinue reading “Let The Summer Hours Begin”

Horsekeeping/Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. You feel strongly. The issue is a dealbreaker. What do you do about people who are not on the side of the angels? If you continue the association, are you empathizing with a fellow human or betraying everything you hold dear? If you cut them off, are youContinue reading “In Which Rodney Finds Out That Things Come At A Price”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. Helmet safety for the ages. YouTube: Danish Road Safety Council / Helmet has always been a good idea.~~~Show last weekend, Didn’t go. Rodney’s attitude was so good at the clinic that we have promoted him to normal horse behavior. You know, where you can show because you wantContinue reading “To Show Or Not To Show Or Show Or Not To Show Or”