(Illustration Friday: October 22, 2010) When Ashes first arrived, she made Comet quite anxious. Eventually, though, he warmed up to her a...

When the lights go out.... [Illustration Friday: October 15, 2010) The Kitties are still watching.... Spooky? 

Hello all! What do you think of the new blog header? Too big, too small, too distracting, just right? I think I like it... and The Kittie...

This weekend, I went home to Ohio to celebrate my nephew Liam's 7th birthday. While nearly every gift was somehow related to Star Wars ,...

[ What is Johnny Kitties?  See  Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp  for all the details!] Fox’s weekly hour-long drama,  21 Jump St...

Hi everyone, I planned to post my Johnny Kitties series on the 9th of every month, but we'll have to make an exception in October. So ...

After a long string of September visits and visitors, Dad arrived for a relaxing weekend of sunshine, baseball games, and movies.  Whenev...

I waited a few days, but I couldn't get the song by Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer--or the dance by Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire--out o...

In January 2006, my friend Anastasia  was eager to invite more creativity into her life. She found Illustration Friday  and thought the site...

Before we met Simon, he was a star performer for the original cast of Cirque du Soleil. Some days, if you listen closely, you can hear remna...

(Illustration Friday: September 10, 2010) " Every life should have nine cats. " --Anonymous proverb A big welcome goes out ...

" I could tell a mile away. I said, 'You're going to be a star. There's just absolutely no question. You've...

This weekend, I had plenty of desserty eats: a warm, velvety, chocolate truffle cookie, an amazing strawberry and blueberry crepe overflowin...

(Illustration Friday: August 27, 2010) When The Mother Kitty is busy, she is Immovable--no matter how long you call for her.

(Illustration Friday: August 20, 2010) Last Saturday, The Kitties and I watched the Baltimore Orioles play the Texas Rangers. The night ...

Once again, I'm slightly behind on my Illustration Friday drawings, but with good reason: I've been organizing my computer files, a ...

Tom Hargus, one of my dad's dearest friends, passed away July 27. He was one of The Kitties' biggest fans. Tom, in 2004, deciding...

(Illustration Friday: August 6, 2010) Yesterday, Ashes awoke from the strangest dream. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is s...

[ What is Johnny Kitties? See  Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp  for all the details!] ©MCA Slow Burn is a 1986 made-for-TV ...