I got my craft on the other night and made a couple of packets of Halloween-themed notecards... what I'm going to do with them, I have no idea, but the activity kept my hands busy and out of the bag of Cheez Doodles. So. For my scraptacular friends and readers, here are a couple of … Continue reading Getting Crafty – Halloween Notecards

Like many writers before me, I'm forever saving little snippets of information that I think I may want to revisit some day. Technology has made this packratism simpler and less messy - I now have a folder marked 'Things I Want to Save' on my desktop and I pop articles, links, photos, and other tidbits … Continue reading Little Tid-bits of Terror

Filed under the category of Things I Can't Afford this month is one of a limited series of original sketches from the Garth Williams -illustrated edition of E.B. White's classic Charlotte's Web. The art is up for auction, and the bidding is expected to hover around the $20,000 to $30,000-mark for each illustration. For those … Continue reading Terrific. Radiant. Humble.

My friend Adam is a snappy designer and illustrator, who has apparently been burning the midnight oil channeling the Creepy Season into a series of pen and ink drawings. I first spotted them in my Instagram stream; there are more at Adam's art and illustration site Little Green Toaster and his scratch blog I'd Rather … Continue reading Petrifying Ink

A brisk walk (seriously, why can't I slow down?) revealed to me the other day that the little hamlet in which I live is currently sporting some killer pumpkin displays. Most have been set up by area businesses without formality, but it created a nice spotting mission. Behold: Pumpkin, Pen, and Ink at the Clearwater … Continue reading PumpkinWatch: Lenox Edition