The illustration friday challenge word this week is “drifting”. In August 1943, PT 109 was on night patrol in the South Pacific. At 2:30 in the morning, a Japanese destroyer came out of the darkness and cut the small Patrol Torpedo boat in half. The crew of thirteen was tossed about. Two crew members were …
The Inspire Me Thursday inspirational word this week is “ticket”. I live in Philadelphia and I’ve been going to baseball games for a very long time. I struggled alongside the struggling Phillies in those years in the late ’90s when they out-and-out stunk! I also sat in the stands as the Phillies fought their way …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “unfold”. “I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I’m going to take a stand.” Cameron Frye
The inspiration this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “child art”. When I was a kid, my family would go to the Jersey shore at Atlantic City. Every time we’d go to the beach, my mom would recite this poem: “When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me to …
“A Brief History of Josh Pincus is Crying, As Seen Through Chinese Food” I love Chinese food. I always have. Given a choice of “What’s for dinner?” (and pizza wasn’t available), I’d always pick Chinese food. My craving for Chinese food began when I was a little kid. Except then, it was Chinese food as …
The inspiration this week on the Inspire Me Thursday blog is “the lost art of letter writing”. February 6, 1964 Dear Pete, Hello, bloke. How’ve you been? I know it’s been about a fortnight since you went to visit your mum. (How is the old bird, by the by?) We haven’t been able to talk …
In 2006, Jaco Pastorius was voted “The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived” by reader submissions in Bass Guitar magazine. His short, but extremely influential career ended abruptly, but not unexpectedly. From unlikely beginnings in Norristown Pennsylvania, Jaco Pastorius moved with his family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida at a young age. He started his …
When I was five or six, my favorite singer was Allan Sherman. I listened to my parents’ Allan Sherman records. They had his first five releases. I knew every lyric to every song. I knew the order of every song on every album. My Mom and Dad roared with laughter at Sherman’s songs and laughed …
This is the story of my great-great uncle, Aloysius Josh Pincus, the man for whom I am named. Just prior to the turn of the twentieth century, Aloysius ran the soda fountain at Blehall’s Pharmacy, a sprawling retail establishment housed on the street level of a massive and ornate building at the corner of 14th …
The illustrationfriday.com word this week is “adapt”. A man is sitting at a table in a bar having a beer. He looks up and sees a interesting looking guy standing at the bar. The guy has a wooden leg, a hook for a hand and an eyepatch. He’s dressed in stereotypical pirate garb. The man …
