Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Sights Unscene…

This has nothing to do with the strip — As a proud sis, I’d like to give my brother a plug for his wonderful new photography book featuring his home state of NH (yes, he beat me to the publishing punch). Brad has been capturing nature imagery all his adult life; before that he enjoyed torturing his siblings. For more detailed info and a comprehensive look at his work, check out Brad’s website .


Now Available to order: “SIGHTS UNSCENE: NEW HAMPSHIRE” !!!136 pages, 123 images, 9 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches.Interspersed with quotes from Philosophers, Artists, and Scientists.Divided into Rural, Scenic, and Urban sections.Soon to be available through Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.Com, etc

To order, send $39.95 for each book plus $8 shipping to:

Sights Unscene
PO Box 5445
Weirs Beach, NH 03246

OR call for more information or credit card transactions at: 603-366-7700 (Mondays and Thursdays)
OR for even more information, send email to: brad@sightsunscene.com or call 603-491-3297

“New England is a special place, ripe with treasures for an artist in any medium. Brad’s work provides us the pleasure of experiencing these places through his distinct perspective and, whether traveling with him 1000 feet above the landscape or following him along a seldom traveled back road, we are allowed to see moments that are all too often missed.

Brad journeys through the bounty of New Hampshire’s four seasons and graciously allows us to walk or even fly beside him then stop and consider that unique moment: a page pulled from his visual journals. It is a harvest of personal insight and an adventure well worth taking.”

by David Mendelsohn (”Among his many awards and honors, [David] has recently been declared a Nikon Legend.” Foto Magazine)

Yom Kippur and more…

I received a few emails about my Yom Kippur strip from 10/9. I was obviously off the mark when it came to portraying this High Holy Day. This is one of those instances where the joke came first and the details seemed less relevant at the time.

 

In hindsight, it’s hard to justify Jill doing laundry and Amy watching TV. In my mind, I was thinking the family had come home from temple and was trying to stay distracted from hunger in the remaining hours leading to the break-the-fast. Of course, this was never apparent. Not being overly religious myself (though observant in my own right), it didn’t occur to me how dismissing this was to others. Oops. Point well taken, folks. Not to happen again.

 

On a different note…

I received a nice email from a reader who enjoyed the 10/18 Sunday strip (below).

 

LeafAngels

 

She shared with me this photo of a sand angel she happened upon while visiting Yellowstone National Park this summer. As she put it, “It seems any medium is appropriate for angels!”
Well said.

sand-angel