By J. W. Julian I hope this missive reaches you in good stead. I apologize for not sending newsletters for the last few months. Productive computer time has been as elusive to me as Ebby was in Ebby the Magnificent. Other than an amazing trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March, much of the past 4 months has been spent coordinating and developing my Light Up Nigeria project, which I introduced to you in my February newsletter. If you missed my last newsletter, I decided to use the money I make...

By J. W. Julian January came and went without my usual monthly missive, and then I missed the self-imposed February deadline, so I started writing this on Valentine's Day--the day of Love--and now another week has come and gone. I've got no one to blame but myself this time. John and I settled back with relative ease in "the Couve" (our local nickname for Vancouver, WA) after spending three months in our home in Croatia. We hit our stride after a few days of misremembering how many cups of...

I'm not going to lie to you, I have trouble focusing on "work" even though my work these days means writing and illustrating my second...