Cartoonist
Boxing Day 2012, I had a haemorrhage in the left thalamus of my brain, causing paralysis and loss of sensation on the entire right side of my body. I’m still dealing with the effects of this, including the loss of my DRAWING hand, which has been very difficult for a lifelong cartoonist.
Jun 12, 2014 7:25pm I have noticed that in movies or on TV, there is often a quick montage to show someone recovering from illness or injury. It spans a minute of screen-time, and then they are back at living life with the same vigour that they had before. More even. But a real life … Read more
SpaceLog, 2014.3.18:
Acting-Captain Baker of the StarCommand vessel GIMP reporting. We’ve been drifting in deep space for over a year, far from home with many systems still down..
A crude squiggle that I drew amused me, and the joy of drawing was ignited, much as when I first drew something that made me LAUGH, as a wee child.
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Jan 8, 2014 4:48pm The lead-up to Christmas 2013 was the typical, busy mix of holiday shopping and last-minute planning, and is one reason why I have not posted here in so long. Seasonal busy-ness and my general slowness these days, means that I have not had the time to write for quite a while. … Read more
A few months ago, I would tentatively shuffle around unsteadily, like a man of 95. Now I have graduated to to the next level and merely stagger about erratically like a crazy drunk. Progress!
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