I know. I know. I've been MIA far too long. It's strange that it's so hard to get back into the rhythm of blogging when you get out of the habit. But I've had so many people tell me that they miss seeing new updates here that I just can't let it go...

Most of my doodle time has been given over to working on the illustrations for the children's book that I'd like to get published someday. I'm up to page six. I did get another caricature done, but I'm waiting for payment on that before I post it. ...

I woke up this morning and was welcomed by this view from our back deck. So, once again, I think that I live in a very beautiful place. I'm totally showing off when I post photos like this. Marylynn and I spent the biggest part of our day cleaning...

"...HOME!!!" You got it. After a 12 hour day of driving across Oregon, we pulled into our driveway around 10 PM. The place never looked so good. We've seen a lot of beautiful territory on our trip, but none more beautiful than the vistas we've enjoyed...

We're almost home! Currently we've clocked in over 6,800 miles, and that doesn't even include the flight and cruise on the Mediterranean. Once again, we're staying in the Alumni House on the Northwest Nazarene campus. (Thank you NNU). We'll go to...