Winter doldrums
This winter has been harsh. The temperature hasn’t been above freezing in many weeks. Lake Erie is 100% frozen for the first time since the ’90’s. It snowed a lot,…
Looking at my own paintings
My unfinished paintings surround me here in the studio. I never look at them; rather, my eye studies them, and I try to make my eye happy. I hear “It…
Merry Christmas 2025
Merry Christmas, everyone. It’s an annual event here at Turpentine Diaries to share Christmas morning photographs. This year, our border collie, Ranger, was too busy to pose, so my son…
Cincinnati fail
When I graduated high school, I didn’t have the moral courage to go to New York, which is what I wanted to do. Instead, a friend and I applied to…
Caught cold in San Antonio
Whether it was the two flights to San Antonio, the graduation ceremony in the cold rain, or the two flights home, somewhere I caught a brutal cold. Ten days of…
Cincinnati fail
When I graduated high school, I didn’t have the moral courage to go to New York, which is what I wanted to do. Instead, a friend and I applied to…
Merry Christmas 2024
Sharing Christmas porn is an annual tradition here at Turpentine HQ. Every year, we promise to economize and tone down gift-giving. But, as you can see, we failed again. In…
Red River Gorge
We visited the Red River Gorge in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest in October. It’s beautiful there, especially in the fall. Read moreIn the Studio Oct. 14 2012In addition to camping,…