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My Audiobook rendition of Searching for Alpha Centauri in a 64′ Chevy is now available on Spotify, Apple, Google Play, Amazon/Audible, Kobo/Walmart, and Barnes & Noble.

Creating an audiobook has given me an appreciation of professional narrators. “It ain’t easy” speaking clearly (really clearly), consistently, and with varying inflection on a long script. Add to that the surprising and numerous voice anomalies an audio recorder reveals.

Thank goodness for the audio editor!

It has taken some time. There was just no fast way to process 95,000 words (well). But, I’m pleased with the results.

Rust & Clay

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Easily, my favorite display at this year’s Bigfork Arts Festival.

Enthusiastic Artists

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Artists from all over North America converged here last week for a fun week of painting at our 2nd annual home/studio watercolor workshop.

The weather ended up being pretty darn good for mid-May in NW Montana.


Here’s Johnny!

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When we moved to our home in Montana, it had a cavernous deep 4-car garage with a very high ceiling. It could have been a basketball court. But sadly, for business purposes, the first thing I did was partition it off into smaller sections. This has bugged me ever since.

I loved that huge garage.

Now, 21-years later, our business mission has changed and a voice inside of me has pleaded, “tear down this wall!”

So today, I did.

Why was it this hideous bright green? Back when we filmed our PBS series, we actually used this wall as a “green screen.”

How Mountains Form

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Some mornings I just feel like forming mountains — particularly those with interesting snow patterns. This is nearby McDonald Peak.

It will be the background of an eventual finished painting. Of course, it still needs a foreground — wildflowers maybe. BTW, the “yellowish” snow is currently masked out.

The Price Of Fame

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Our grandson appreciated getting a solo in his school’s Christmas concert. He’s a bit of a ham.

Having to wear a Christmas tree to sing the solo? Not so much.

Yet another artist who suffers for his art!