I grew up a couple blocks from a public park. Before one particular Summer began, the playground was renovated, the whole thing circled by railroad ties and filled in with gravel to cushion our falls.… 
Archive for June 2012
If Everyone ____ Then ____
An Industry Of Troubadours
“So what is you do these days exactly?” I asked.
Four hours later, the answer – interrupt by fascinating tangents and dinner and dessert and coffee and children – was finished. And I’d spent the evening with a legend in music.…
How To Turn Kid Drawings Into Computer Illustrations
I illustrated my eBook‘s cover and a few minor elements inside. Penelope, age seven and maybe the most artistic of our kids, wanted to learn how. So here’s what we did: A simple step by step for turning line drawings into computer illustration.
What You’ll Need
white paper
pencil
black pen or fine tip marker
camera or scanner
Photoshop, Gimp or…
Dang, That Football Camp Is Ruining My Life
First Gresham preaches against being a pharisee. And now, easy quitting? This football camp of his is ruining my life.
So he climbed in the minivan after yesterday’s practice and announced that he doesn’t want to play offense. Only defense. Now, this was coming from the kid who was a great safety (that’s a defensive…
Are You Entitled To Your Opinion?
It’s football camp time once again. The long locks have been shorn into a mohawk. Gresham’s up early, dressed in Steelers black and yellow, and dropped-off to hit people and learn important stuff like “bubble screen” and “spread offense” and not having an opinion.
He climbed back into the minivan after four hours of camp yesterday,…
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