Category: Codorus Press

• Jak Smyrl and the Joy of the Picasso Napkin

  There’s an old story about a woman who approached Pablo Picasso in a cafe and asked him to draw her something on a napkin. However, before he would give it…

• Satellite Office

  Temperatures spiked to a summerlike 87 degrees today, so I decided to take things outside. Not to say that my job is better than yours, but there are worse ways…

• Meme-ography

• And Speaking of Lego Stop-Motion …

  I wrote the other day about how the work of the late Ray Harryhausen inspired me to make my own little Super 8 stop motion films with Legos. I have…

• Thanks to Uncle Ray

  Those of us who are artists have lots of aunts and uncles to thank for what we do. I tend to claim anyone who’s had a measurable effect on my…

• 99 Problems, But A Witch Ain’t One

  Throughout my life, I’ve been more of a fan of performing in stage musicals than seeing them. But since my wife wanted to see a show for her birthday this…

• The Art of the Interview

  Back when I worked full-time in newspapers, I was occasionally called upon to do what were referred to as “brown baggers” – mini seminars that could take place over a…

• Waiting for Superman

  For all the good in my life every day, the last week has been challenging. “Too many difficult conversations,” I told my wife last night. “I think I’m done with difficult…

• God Bless Allyson Bird, For She Speaks the Truth

  A few weeks ago I wrote about why going into journalism is a great career choice for people who want to write for a living but aren’t sure how to…

• One Amazon/Goodreads Combo, Comin’ Up

  So, Amazon – great, lumbering consumer juggernaut that it is – gobbled up literary social networking site Goodreads in (an impeccably timed) Good Friday announcement. If you’re interested in catching…