Winter Goals

I love Quimby’s…

My latest book,  i n d i f  f e r e n t s p a c e  is now available for purchase online, through Quimby’s Bookstore of Chicago! As always, thanks to Fake for writing such beautiful little bits about my stuff!

Bouquet Detail

More Watercolor Practice. I don’t have my scanner right now, but I think this shows most of the detail!

Dried Bouquet Watercolor.

I came across my little watercolor set a couple days ago, I think I’m going to try and figure out how to use it.

Don’t you just hate it when you have tons of work to do, but instead you’re at the library downloading your 5th season on The Gilmore Girls?

Jesse’s blog is so good.

I hope he writes my epitaph.

I finished remastering one of my earlier paperbacks, Winterings, in full color last night! I should have it off to the printers this week!

I finally shipped i n d i f f e r e n t s p a c e to Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago!

If you’re in the area, stop in to check it out! Or better yet… BUY IT!

THE JOURNEY TO THE EAST

I just finished a number of Hermann Hesse books and really want to illustrate all of them. I may be doing some more sketches…

new plants for new apartment!

Buck and his new brother Laurence!!

Thanks Erin!

Jesse finally wrote his first big post from Changsha, China

I love every word of it.

First week in China

I have enjoyed my first week in Changsha.  I had trouble sleeping the first few days.  I just felt like I was lying in bed with my eyes closed.  But I am fine now, and feel more comfortable.  I thought my apartment would be very small, but it is actually very big.  It was really hot when I first got here, but has been nice the past couple of days.  I think it will become warm again before it starts getting cold.  Hopefully I will be prepared for the winter, being from Ohio.  Even though it doesn’t get very cold, it may still be difficult because heating is not usually used.  Changsha University has a fairly big and beautiful campus.  There is a lot of trees and wildlife.  Walking through many parts of the campus is like walking through a park.  There are some places to go near campus, if I feel like going somewhere but don’t want to ride the bus.  If I take the bus downtown, it will take almost one hour, but it is worth going from time to time.  Downtown Changsha is just like a really nice city in America.  It is still different but everything is relatively new so it looks nice.  The Chinese Walmart is actually kind of cool.  The first restaurant I ate at in downtown, was already the best chinese food I have ever had.  The food on campus is still good and they have a large selection.  But the food in the restaurants is much better.  And I don’t expect the first restaurant to be the best I have had for very long.  I think I will try KFC soon, because it is much different than America’s.  I also tried bubble tea, which was great.  It tasted almost the same, I only got milk tea, but the tapioca had some red bean flavor which made it really good.  It feels strange being a foreigner.  Maybe more than I expected.  Some people will stare at me.  It’s usually not bad though, because they don’t want to be rude.  They just notice me and want to take a look.  The kids are really cute though.  Maybe some of them don’t even know people like me exist …  Foreigners being in downtown is a little common, but the area I am in is not as common.  So I think some people are just surprised to see me.