Review: “Living the Artist’s Life” by Paul Dorrell

On March 6th, my sister-in-law Heather sent me an email about a book called "Living the Artist's Life" by Paul Dorrell. Specifically, she sent me an email telling me that they were giving away FREE copies to bloggers and had just extended the offer to locations outside of the continental United States. A sentence containing…

Lucky number 10 000

If you happen to be the 10 000th "hit" on my blog, please drop a comment. (The counter at the bottom of the right-hand column.) Not that it really matters in anyway, you understand. I'm just feline in my curiosity. There is, as of now, no prize. I'll have to think some more on that…

Cool Camera Concept

With thanks to Sure B'y for digging up this fabulous idea and great links which I am shamelessly hustling, here's a link to World Pinhole Photography Day. Those interested still have around two weeks to make their cameras and get moving on taking pictures. Start now, as the exposure time for lens-less photos is often…

The Dogs to Whom We Have Gone

I rarely actually mention the dogs these days, mostly because they're not a problem. Amazing how much more creative we can be when writing about things that are a nuisance or drive us crazy than about those facets of our life which hum along quietly. When I started this blog, we had four dogs. Since…

Bloggin’ & friends

I sent this article by Doug Johnston of A Million Monkeys Typing off to a friend and then realised that it was more efficient to pass it along to a bunch of friends via the web. This is, after all, part of the basic point of a blog. Well worth a read! Speaking of reading…