My Father Died 26 Years Ago Today

 3/9/87.  It was a Monday.

Here we are in November, 1964, 10808 Newgate Avenue, Whittier, California.  He was 57 then, I was just shy of a year.  And, yes - when people who didn't know us saw us together they all assumed he was my grandfather.  Can't really blame them, though I was always quick to correct.  To say that I miss him is easily in the top three of the most severe understatements I could make.  Really, top two.

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"Sometimes We See What We Want To See"

Or -
"Found Cross
With Arrow"














Map/diagram of unknown intent by Danielle McArthur, pen on coaster, 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 3/5/13.
(One woman's ephemera, another man's treasure.)

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"3 x 3 Silence"

Original IBL art - pen, colored pencil, crayon and lipstick on lined paper, 4.25 x 3.25 inches, 2/24/13.

Mike Cooley Live at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle...

Thursday, February 21st, 2013.  A photo taken from our front row seats with the very humble camera in my phone...

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"Ayudame Por Favor"

Original IBL art - pen, pencil, colored pencil, crayon and lipstick on coaster, 3.25 x 3.25 inches, 2/24/13.

"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"

Original IBL art - pen, colored pencil and lipstick on coaster, 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 2/24/13.

"I'm Afraid of Americans" (#1)

Original IBL art - ink, colored pencil, crayon and lipstick on cocktail napkin, 4.75 x 4.75 inches, 2/24/13.