At my last show just over a week ago, a friend (a student who took one of my classes several years ago) came by and brought me a gi...

         Today I want to share some relief block prints by one of my fellow artists who showed with me at Roslindale Open Studios last mont...

         I have so many things going on right now that my head is spinning, so today I have a wood engraving of people who may be doing a be...

         The phrase “ye olde” (pronounced yee oldee ) now denotes consciously old-fashioned things, especially those that are particularly c...

         I’m rounding out my bat kick with a collection of block prints that are truly appropriate to Hallowe’en: magical bats both wondrous...

         While I’m in the midst of my bat theme, it’s time for a fantasy poem.  This one is by Samuel Waddington (U.K., 1844-1923). Sleek,...

         On Friday the Thirteenth in the month of Hallowe’en, I thought I should pick a “spooky” theme, and I decided on bats.  Of course, o...

         My grand experiment in short fiction submission has now been going on for just a little over two years, and in that time I’ve recei...

         It’s time to celebrate the right to read.  Without access to books (and, of course, the literacy to read and understand them) there...