
Porto. Ponto. A travelogue in ten sketches and twenty-one words.
Red tiles. Blue tiles. Iron bridges. Baroque churches. Towering monuments. Refreshing fountains. Sweet wine. A magic bookstore. Civic pride. Porto. Ponto.
Red tiles. Blue tiles. Iron bridges. Baroque churches. Towering monuments. Refreshing fountains. Sweet wine. A magic bookstore. Civic pride. Porto. Ponto.
The Castle of Montemolín, “el castillo” as I’ve called it since I was a kid, is one of more than 300 medieval fortresses embedded in the landscape of Badajoz, the Spanish province where my ancestors hail from. It started as…
June gloom has spilled a bit into July. But I’m OK with that. It still looks beautiful by the Puget Sound.
1967 Chevy C-10 pickup truck on my father-in-law’s driveway. It started raining but I’m glad I didn’t give up. Ink on #stillmanandbirn softcover Zeta series pocket sketchbook.
“Breaking news: there are Veterans among us!” When my friend Sean posted that on Facebook this morning, I was immediately reminded that every November 11 in the U.S. is Veterans Day. The holiday honors people who have served in the…
Houses at 1206 and 1210 Republican St. Fellow local blogger Cliffe, from Vintage Seattle, tipped me about the demolition of these two houses starting Tuesday. The one on the left is probably one of the oldest in the Cascade neighborhood. According…
It’s been a month or so since I started the Flickr group urban sketches. So far, we’ve got more than 100 members and near 400 drawings have been submitted from places as diverse as Tokyo, León in Spain, or Santa Fe in New Mexico, U.S., and many other…