Monthly Archives: March 2019

‌ I’m a faithful listener of Out of the Blocks, my old friend, Aaron Henkin’s, great hyper-local Baltimore podcast.‌ So when I heard at the tail of the last episode that he would be in Chicago, recording some episodes in the North Lawndale neighborhood, I dropped him a line. He wrote back and we made plansContinue reading “Aaron”

Last Wednesday, I drove to Wyoming. Wyoming, Michigan, that is. Just short of Grand Rapids. I was there to pick up my books. Marc met me there and we loaded twenty-five boxes into the rented SUV. I’d been corresponding with Marc for months about this thing, so it was strange how quickly it was allContinue reading “Back from the Bindery”

I have a show in August at the Rainbo Club. I’ve lost count how many I’ve had there, but the first was in 1997 and I haven’t missed too many years since. The advantage of putting up art at a place so many times is you get to know the layout, lighting, and walls likeContinue reading “Painting Without Looking”