Category Archives: Stories of my life

I feel much better now, because I made a new friend…

Posted on February 17, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I had to drive two hours up into the mountains to pick up Mollie from camp. I saw this lovely lady and had to pull over to meet her. She came right over when I made that clicky noise with … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life, sunsets | Tagged animals, art, food, horses, humor, nature, sunsets | 88 Comments

We only need 1,000 more comments to get to 15,000 on the post where we are trying to break the record for most comments, so today, just for fun and to try something new, we are going to have a contest to see who can flirt with me best…

Posted on February 3, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Normally I would never suggest that you flirt with a strange man on the internet… and I am one of the strangest men on the internet… but because I am happily married and have two daughters and I am also a … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life, stuff about blogging | Tagged art, berkeley, flirting, humor, nipple, nipples, oh yeah, sexy, wardrobe malfunction | 6 Comments

Here it is… the new book…

Posted on January 16, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Here is the new novel in my action/adventure/comedy/science fiction series: The Otherwhere Chronicles. Book two is called: Down To Earth… I am now going to try to add it to my sidebar with the other books, but I am a … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life | Tagged action, adventure, art, book, fiction, getting published, humor, novel, published, sci-fi, science fiction | 20 Comments

I gave Willie a Christmas present…

Posted on January 1, 2014 by pouringmyartout

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book. After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life, sunsets, Willie! | Tagged burmese food, children's book, family, food, humor, kids, monkeys, photography, san francisco, travel | 17 Comments

A literary interview with a young reader…

Posted on December 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Me: Hey, Willie, whatcha got there? Willie: Just the most awesome book ever. And guess what! It was written by a good friend of mine. Me: Well it does my heart good to see a young person who likes to … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, Stories of my life, thinking about stuff, Willie! | Tagged books, childrens books, humor, kids, monkeys, reading, writing | 50 Comments

Okay… I’m back…

Posted on November 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I know… you didn’t know I was gone. I am not supposed to tell you when I am gone. But I am back now, so there you go. We went to visit my oldest daughter in Arizona. You may remember the … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged Arizona, art, cacti, cactus, clouds, desert, nature, photography, writing | 12 Comments

Holy moley… I really am an author…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by pouringmyartout

It is just now hitting me for the first time. I really am an author. Oh, I know I haven’t made much money. But there are copies of my books floating around out there. Some of them in countries far … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, children's book, fame, fiction, getting published, humor, science fiction, writing | 80 Comments

Everybody got somethin’ to hide…

Posted on November 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

… except for me and my monkey book!!! Now I just need to put it in my sidebar and do links… I guess you could just go to thebookpatch.com where my other book is sold and do a search for … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, author, children's book, humor, i wrote another book, kids, monkeys, writing | 171 Comments

So about my science fiction novel…

Posted on October 5, 2013 by pouringmyartout

No, this is not another of my shameless attempts to get you to buy the first book of my awesomely funny, chock-full of action and adventure, space pirates, weird aliens and weirder humans science fiction series… available by simply clicking on … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life | Tagged fiction, humor, science fiction, science fiction novel, writing | 20 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →