Note: In this blog entry, Chucklebutt has made some edits to correct some factual issues in my original post.  His updates are still written from my first-person point of view, but are in blue text, like this. Happy New Year to everyone out in cyberland!  I have never been one for New Year’s celebrations, however [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted — what with two shows going up and the Thanksgiving Holidays.  Mom came for a visit and was here for almost two weeks.  We had a great time and the ladies at work really enjoyed hanging out with her.  Thanksgiving was just the three of us (Chucklebutt, Mama Puff and [...]

I was delightfully surprised a week ago when I called Mystic Paper to confirm my class schedule and Kim proceeded to tell me she was looking at my art work in Somerset.  I was totally confused and thought she was referring to my Halloween Book.  I’m sure she thought I was a complete dingbat, but [...]

So another Halloween has come and gone in the desert and we still didn’t put our decorations up.  I think the 95 degree weather put a bit of a damper on things.  It’s hard to get in the autumn spirit when you’re sweating to death.  Chucklebutt misses Asheville and so do I.  Mom says the [...]

Well over a year ago I bought this book: It is amazing and has some of the coolest projects inside.  One of the projects talks about soldering. So, shortly after purchasing the book, Chucklebutt (being the supportive partner that he is) went out and bought me a soldering iron and solder from a local hardware store.  It [...]