To face the future:

Things are moving along. I’m hoping I can wrap up some personal projects in the next month or so. This weekend I did some cleaning, saw some friends, watched some basketball, watched Chelsea Vs. Arsenal and found some time to draw. I also have some descent life drawings I think I’ll try and take photos of tomorrow.

ghosts:

I bought what I thought was a blue colored pencil but turned out to be conte. It’s got a cool blue sheen to it in real life. Kind of a happy accident I guess. I Didn’t anticipate having to spray-fix my sketchbook though. Oh well.

From photo reference. 60s clothing:

Spring is on the way. Every year around this time my demeanor seems to improve almost by default. Maybe I should become one of those neopagans that celebrates the equinoxes.

I’ve been back a week or two now and have readjusted to harsh temperature shifts of KC. 71 and sunny one day, 21 and threatening to snow the next. It’s weird. When you’re routine takes place for more than a week in any place other than where you’re used to residing you start to set into a new routine (or at least I do). Now that I’ve been back as long as I have I can say I actually did have a little bit of culture shock coming back.

While I was settling into my old(new) routine I saw (and photographed—although not very well) a lunar eclipse:

and fell in love with my moleskin. For some reason—maybe for its size—I feel more at ease taking it with me wherever I go. I’ve ended up with pages of life sketches montaged with other weird doodles:

I’ve been thinking up ideas for the new website design. Hopefully I’ll have some free time to realize them soon.

I almost forgot to mention Spring is around the bend. Let’s all piggyback-ride old man winter into the grave and push up the plant life that signals the changing of the seasons. Cheers!