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Cinderella Story

  Two things about Big Z (Age 9): 1. She almost never misses school. 2. She doesn’t like Disney princesses. So, when she missed a few hours of school this morning for a doctor’s appointment, and she got back after only a half day gone, and they said they had cast her as Cinderella in… Read more »

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How to Explain Voldemort Winning the Presidency

  I saw this show on the Discovery Channel about how the aliens came and built all of the pyramids on Earth? They had some compelling evidence: Rocks were moved thousands of miles, “before the invention of the wheel.” From an arial view, the pyramids look like a circuit board. (Which pyramids are these, you… Read more »

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How to Make a Stunning First Impression

My first impression of Yosha Bourgea was in the fall of 1988, my freshman year of high school. He was shortish and he always wore a giant overcoat and a heavy backpack full of mysterious books. There were rumors about Yosha: that he lived in a refurbished chicken coop, that he had never been to… Read more »

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The Washing Machine in the Foyer

Today, I am thankful that no one is coming to our house for Thanksgiving. There is a washing machine in the foyer. I could tell you how it got there, but let’s just say Grenix put it there.  Bad kitty, moving the washing machine to the doorway. No turkey gizzards for you!

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Big Z Spots a Deer-Man!

It was a cold, dark night. She went outside to go see the animals in the barn. On the way out, she heard footsteps behind her. A car drove by. In the reflection of the headlights, she saw it. The Deer Man: A figure with the head of a deer, the body of a man…. Read more »

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An Instant Classic (We Hope)

Look what just hit the press! I illustrated this book for my dear old friend, Yosha Bourgea. (Yosha is such an old friend that he is a main character in Exhaust(ed): The 99% true story of a bus trip gone wrong. It’s dangerous business, being an old friend of mine.) Amazon is offering Murgatroyd Buttercups… Read more »

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The News Has a Truth Problem

“An explanation of climate change from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist looks exactly the same on your Facebook page as the denial of climate change by somebody on the Koch brothers’ payroll. And the capacity to disseminate misinformation, wild conspiracy theories, to paint the opposition in wildly negative light without any rebuttal—that has accelerated in ways… Read more »

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Princess Pink Horn

Princess Pink Horn will make her debut at the fourth annual Jangle Soapworks Open House on December second, 2016 at the #1 Old School House at 110 North Second Street, in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. The open house will run from 4 to 8 PM. Our little art show/ local maker fair coincides with Mount Horeb’s… Read more »