I was chasing trout up on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a somewhat desolate place I find strangely compelling. I had been camping somewhere north of Escanaba and was about ready for some hot coffee and a greasy fisherman’s breakfast. I was driving east when I saw… Read More
Here’s another short-short story I wrote. Like Star Beauty it’s part of a group of stories I’m working on I call the Lazy Allen Stories. I don’t really know what to do with these stories, so for now I’m simply going to try to write… Read More
I made this painting a number of years ago – I would have to check the back of it to tell you the exact date – maybe 2005? I’ve never exhibited it, but I did post of a photo of it here once before. Evidence… Read More
After university (I graduated in 83), I started making paintings in a shared studio behind a convenience store in The Junction, way back before The Junction was a cool-hipster-artsy area. That was a good place to start out, but I wanted to find a place … Read More
Here’s a digital image I came across in a file buried on my computer. I made it, but I don’t remember making it, or even when I made it. I think it is part of a group of digital things I made in the early… Read More
Here is a painting I made back in the 80s, called The Architect. This one hung in a friend’s house for a number of years, until one day he gave it back to me. I still really enjoy this painting and I’ve hung onto it… Read More
For a long time, ok for years, I’ve been messing about with a novel. It was going to be called No Beer in Heaven. I had a lot of parts to it, in my mind a lot of pretty good parts, but it wasn’t coming… Read More
Walkin’ in the Parlor is about the most meditative tune I know on the banjo. While I was practicing it tonight, my Newfoundland dog Georgie decided it would be a perfect time to chew on a bone beside me.
Yes friends, it’s true. I love all kinds of folk music. Here’s Nick Lowe with Los Straightjackets performing Half a Boy and Half a Man…. And since we liked the groove of that one so much, here’s more….. I knew the Bride when she used… Read More
Here’s another photo manipulation, or whatever you want to call it, which I did several years ago after a trip to Portugal. We were staying not far from Caldas da Rainha and I made this image from photos of the wonderful old market in that… Read More
27th Street 