Gods and Foolish Grandeur

On National Coming Out Day I never really had the chance to come out, since I never really had the "opportunity" to be in; some of...

I'm very happy to have been invited by novelist Laura Stanfill to be interviewed for her ongoing "Seven Questions" blog series...

We had a lovely time on Sunday evening, drinking champagne with two good friends - one of whom we'd ne...

Yesterday was my birthday. Happy to say I didn't really have the hideous run-up depression I usually get every year as the day approach...

Just got back from my first-of-the-season hike up in Forest Park. Beautiful. I was rather worried about how I'd fare; I haven't be...

Gigi and I went to the ballet the other night. We get in a fair amount of live performance, though dance isn't something we see very of...

I've been on a month-long leave from the day job; today was the day I was supposed to return. I took it so that I could spend a good c...

My uncle Hugh died this morning. My father was the eldest of the four boys. Hugh was the youngest; his brothers always called him "Ba...

I think I'm finally done pulling at and tweaking my presentation for this Sunday's symposium, The Figure in Contemporary Art , at th...

I'm married to a writer. I never knew writers before. And now I get to be around them a lot. I'm an artist, of course, but I'...