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Clandestine Snatchers

December 29, 2008

When I started this for Illustration Friday, I intended it to be a typical changeling scene, goblins lying in wait to switch their glamoured creature for the baby. Instead it turned out a bit darker, a weird collage of various folk baby-snatchers. I liked this enough to “finish” it and submit it, but not quite

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Can’t Get What You Want

December 28, 2008

On of my peculiarities, and I have many, is that although I love hanging out at coffee houses, I don’t like the taste of coffee. Smell, good. Coffee ice cream, good. Black coffee? Bleagh! I’m sure I’m not alone in disliking coffee, I get the feeling that for most people it’s an acquired taste, like

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Watching Wall.e

December 27, 2008

Well, I didn’t get my white Christmas, and ironically, the Pacific Northwest was apparently blanketed in snow, but oh well. Maybe next year. I think stepping outside this morning to be hit with 62 degree air is a fair trade-off. Yay global warming? Speaking of environmental concerns, one of the gifts Santa brought the girls

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