Newsletters Happy March. I am currently running the spell check and finishing up this letter in my hotel as I prepare to travel back to the southwest from my fire assignment in central Florida. This month was composed of contemplations, moments of ah-ha’s and hmm’s, initial attacks, tick avoidance, ash pits, the smell of 2 stroke […]
Newsletters February 2026 And here we are. For some reason this month felt shorter than the others. First off I want to let you know that I have found the spell check feature and now know how to use it. So thanks for bearing with me on the last newsletter. It cracks me up
Newsletters January 2026 First month of the year down. The daylight is noticeably getting longer now and we are into the new year. The new calendars and pocket planners are being used and blocks are starting to be penciled in. I personally enjoy having something on my calendar that I can work towards or having
Newsletters December 2025 Happy New Year!December was a month of eating too much, strangely warm weather, out of townweekends, exercise challenges, books, lectures and podcasts, new music, painting, artshow applications and gallery/shop/brewery visits and belly laughs.One of the books I finished was Spring Chicken by Bill Gifford. A book about longevity and aging. It starts
Newsletters November 2025 Happy November, Quick update then right into the meat of it. November was primarily filled with travel. First was Mexico to teach a wildland fire chainsaw course for a few weeks, then to weekend and holiday trips to visit families. I was able to squeeze together a new idea and a sketch
Newsletters October 2025 The month of October was filled with a lot of color, completed paintings, online art sale, some awesome weather, prescribed burning, a long weekend in Seattle, friends, wood hauling for the winter and more books.Thank you to everyone who placed an art order during this sale! I will be working to start
Newsletters Happy September newsletter September was filled with closing out fires on the forest, prepping for the 5th Annual Palisade Mountain Arts Festival, attending the 5th Annual Palisade Arts Festival, book reading, sweater weather, coffee, beer and endless house chores. One of the good books I finished this month was about dopamine and its effects
Newsletters What’s up guys? Got a straight to the point update this go around. No chit chat about thoughts, feelings or philosophy, only a little about the weather. Because it seems to me that the days are cooling off, mornings are brisk, the sun is setting earlier, and that we have made the turn towards
Newsletters Hello Happy June newsletter day. Pretty much in the full swing of fire season, so for the month of June I can’t say it was able to do a lot with PMTZ art. I spent 21 days in Arizona, so that was pretty much the majority of time for the month of June. I
Newsletters Hello there. Happy May newsletter, even though it’s June … So what happened this last month? All pieces are back home safe and sound with currently nothing on display. I applied and sent pieces to be judged for entrance into the Durango Fall Art Festival in Colorado this September. The application process closes June
