This is the second year in a row where the Snow totals for our part of Vermont are significantly below average. it doesn't make for really good skiing or snowshoeing, but it does make for excellent daydreaming on a winters day.
Such a Winter’s Day
Category: Illustration
Resolutions are Made to not be Made
So I made a new resolution this year to not make any over the top resolutions. It's an adjustment from my usual habit of promising myself that, somehow, I will eat no carbs or go oil-free vegan and run every single day because January first will cast a magic aura of average human willpower that… Continue reading Resolutions are Made to not be Made
Winter Roads
I'm getting paintings together for a winter show at the Spiral Press cafe in Manchester, VT and have been struggling to find a cohesive theme. But shorter days and cocooning are helping me find it. You'd think the snow-covered mountains would provide obvious inspiration, but I'm an odd duck and it's the mud and… Continue reading Winter Roads
Paint, Rinse, Repeat
Þingvellir becoming my new mental go to place when I can't think of anything else to paint. I think if we never go back to Iceland, it will still live somewhere inside me, and I will be glad of it.
Kitty HOGA
Snoop, our resident fat, black, furry god of pleasure crawled onto the drawing board this morning to make sure the excitement of publishing a book wasn't making me forget my his priorities. He head butted me until I drew something to adequately honor his presence.
Monday Funnies – Simple Pleasures
New Toon – Special Skills
So as tax season approaches, my day job is getting to that swamped phase, and a new weekly toon seemed like better therapy than plucking grey hairs. Hope you enjoy it... Save
Monday Funnies – Healthy Relationships
Picking My Battles – Bath Allergies
T2 has been trying to wage a war on showers over the summer. I'm guessing it's either a soap allergy or he's begun naming each of his germs.
Brotherly HOGA
One of the things I loved most about traveling with the kids last week was sharing a room with them and watching them share a room with each other. Despite heavy protest from Thing2, Thing1 moved out of the bunk room a few years ago ("I need my space, Mom"), so sharing the pullout in… Continue reading Brotherly HOGA
Monday Funnies
HOGA for Voters
Our week in Iceland wasn't just a break from work but a big break from the worst of this year's electoral mudslinging. If you're on any social media, you can't escape all of it, but you can filter out a lot. You can't filter it out forever, though, and because Love is better than Hate,… Continue reading HOGA for Voters
Rachel Barlow Art 