Creativity, Writing, and How To Stop Nibbling On Chocolate Chip Cookies When You're Supposed To Be Working

I spend a lot of time listening to NPR when I'm working. Here's Faith Middleton interviewing Julia Cameron and Lee Jacobus in an episode called How to be a Writer. (Julia Cameron talks about her "writing diet." Step away from the cookies!)

Monday Map: Seattle to Whistler

Friday Fun: If Only the Muppets Were Invited

"Once again we have shown that Americans demand and deserve a thoughtful exchange of ideas among it's candidates."

The muppets sure got that right.

Awareness

Finished art, from this sketch.

Baby Turtles Everywhere

Look at what popped out of the ground a week ago... baby snapping turtles! I'd never seen such a thing.


















For about an hour, 8 or 9 of them slowly poked their heads out of a tiny hole in the grass, completely entangled together, and made their way one by one to the pond, in back. How did they know where to go?



























We'd seen the mama laying eggs at the beginning of summer in a rotted tree stump, far from where the babies hatched. If they were from the same eggs then she certainly faked us out!

Sweet!

Last week I received this award from the lovely Diana Evans, an artist, illustrator and fellow blogger in Canada (who draws the most scrumptious looking cupcakes. I'm gonna need to go on a diet if I think about them for too long...) Thanks, Diana!

Monday Map: Malaspina's Voyage

This map was for a story about the little known scientific explorer Alejandro Malaspina, who sailed around the world in the 1700's.

Friday Fun: Silly Musical Interlude

I don't know about you, but I could use a little silliness lately. Also, I like chickens. Must draw some more...