Semi-retired, enjoying creative work at Taylor Patterns, and a variety of hobbies.

“Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.” – Montaigne

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  • Book Review: Old Watercolorists Never Die, They Just Wet Their Sheets

    I first read this a year ago, nearly same week. A delightful, easy to read book, self described as a practical book on watercolor. I think this year I approached it as “comfort food” and will probably revisit it in the future. Miller has a chain of art supply stores…

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    Monsieur

    First published on my Green Sheaves website 2020-10-14 Sometime during the night Monsieur passed away. It was expected as he had been sick for a…

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I’m Martin, the creator and author behind this site. I enjoy a variety of hobbies in my semi-retirement. I wanted a simple, “old fashioned” blog to document my learning progress.