Bond at 40…and 50…and 70

Besides marking James Bond’s 70th birthday as a literary character, 2023 also brings us two anniversaries of 007’s adventures on the big screen, each debuting in June albeit a decade…

The Name is B***, James B***

This year marks the 70th anniversary of secret agent James Bond’s literary debut in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. Published on April 13, 1953, the book launched a pop culture juggernaut…

More Catalog Memories

Well, here we are at Christmas time again (!) so let’s take another look at what was available to American consumers fifty years ago via the miracle of the full-color,…

Nature Break

More or less on a whim, Scott and I decided to enjoy an overnight camping trip to nearby Bear Creek Lake before the weather turns too cold. We’d never been…

Kinda Sketchy

Recently I’ve fallen down the Youtube rabbit hole of “How To” art videos encouraging me to put pen to paper and start sketching anything and everything. So I decided rather…