Posts By: Shoshanah Marohn
Coon Skins
My cousin Greg took his own life a few days ago. If I made a list of one hundred people I knew, ranking from “most likely to commit suicide” to “least likely,” Greg would have been about 97. He was so comfortable with himself. He had a great (if wicked) sense of humor. He had… Read more »
Ten Signs You Might Be on the Artism Spectrum
No, I didn’t spell “autism” wrong. I’m talking about artism. If you relate to any of this list, you are most likely on the artistic spectrum. Ten Signs You Might Be Artistic: You make art. Or you write, or you do music, or you act, or you see your life is some sort of strange… Read more »
Found sketch of a Victorian Milk Cafe
Irrational Fears
What’s your irrational fear? This is mine.
How Wisconsin Became the Dairy State
This one is for Valette.
Mythical Suspence
I read and reread the past four Tufa books very carefully, looking for things that would create beautiful scenes in a coloring book. (I drew The Tufa Coloring Book.) So, I was relieved recently to crack open Alex Bledsoe’s latest book, Gather Her Round, and just, you know. Read it. Having read the previous four… Read more »
The Music of Childhood
Zanimal and I always listen to The Decemberist’s album The King is Dead in the car, when I’m chauffeuring her around, as parents do these days. We hypothesize that Avery is a cat. I think someday, she will hear the Decemberists and be brought magically back to her childhood drives with me. This is the… Read more »
Inspired by Oleanna Cunneen, I created a border
In researching the history of Mount Horeb for the troll coloring book, I learned about this woman Oleanna Cunneen. She was of Norwegian descent, and she did a lot of art in a very traditional, Norwegian style. She was the first troll creator in Mount Horeb. Her trolls were about a foot high, usually, and… Read more »