“Seriously, are you making more pickles!?!”  That was the question asked this morning when A.D. saw the crock on the kitchen counter and the mason jars in a neat line. “I am not making more...

The podcast du jour is The Sporkful, an audio feast for the ears. Dan Pashman hosts the show that purports to discuss, debate and obsess over ridiculous food minutiae in search of new and better ways to eat...

I’m not going to lie, I am vaguely daunted by the concept of the Night Gaunt and am thinking of doing something radically different medium-wise to convey these creatures. Like many of Lovecraft’s...

Hastur is also known as the King In Yellow and was first introduced by Ambrose Bierce in ‘Haita the Shepherd’ and is noted in that piece as a god of shepherds.  The character was then co-opted by...

The impetus for my creative burst over the past year was a desire to paint abstract acrylics. Today I feel like there has been progress made to this end. Through this journey, I have learned a lot, created a...

The procrastination is over, for the moment, and I have finally created another piece for the NAJ.  This weeks entry is Shub -Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young.  How’s that for...

It’s the day most northerners dread:  the first snow.  Now, there’s not a lot of snow, a flurry really, but it makes me want to stay inside and be cozy and warm. I reject instinct. Today’s...

A.D. is likely the best gift-giver on the planet.  If we were keeping score on thoughtfulness points, I would lose on the daily. But it is merely days before Christmas!  Well, sometimes the joy can come early...