For the past few weekends I’ve been delivering packages for Amazon. It’s been an interesting experience, and one of the perks is I get to spot a lot more discarded couches! Here is the first dispatch from the field. These couches come from literally all over the city.

For whatever reason, I’ve been drawing monster trucks a lot lately. I’ve never seen one in person, but of all the land vehicles, they seem like the most fun to draw.

Per LQ’s requests, I’ve drawn up a whole new batch of coloring pages. These characters are featured in Thomas & Friends, a decades-long saga about the trains (and a few other vehicles) that keep the beautiful island of Sodor running.

Feel free to print and color. Please share your results with me! These are not for sale in any way since I do not own the rights and have no wish to be sued by Sir Topham Hatt.

In the year 2000 I had the great fortune of seeing Notre Dame in person.

When I studied abroad in Scotland I took a short trip to Paris, and wandered the streets without much of a plan. I turned a corner and there was Notre Dame, just sitting there as though it wasn’t one of the most beautiful things in the world. Of course I knew better

Later that night I met a friend and we sat inside the cathedral while the organist played Christmas music. I could feel history as I’d never felt it before. I believe in the importance of art, and of place, and this is possibly the best merger of the two.

Sketches of lichen found around the neighborhood. Such beautiful structure.