Tag Archives: kids

I am going to quit pretending I am ever going to be a famous writer, and start asking: “Do you want fries with that?”

Posted on November 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I am, I have to say, crushed… filled with self-doubt… and also with an anger that I don’t know whether to aim at myself or in a more outward direction. You know the post I did the other day, the one where … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, arts, blogging, children, children's book, current-events, fame, fiction, jobs, kids, money, pain, work, writing | 50 Comments

Those moments when you realize that your kids are growing up… and so are you…

Posted on November 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

If you are a parent, you have those moments when it suddenly strikes you that your kids are growing up… like that moment when your 16-year-old daughter casually mentions that this common household object… …looks like a uterus… I hadn’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged children, current-events, fairy tale, family, growing up, humor, kids, king, life, parenting, social-media | 6 Comments

Some of my ideas are good… (or); Yes, I am smarter than little children…

Posted on November 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Back when Mollie was still in elementary school, I used to show up early to pick her up because traffic was so bad. This meant that I spent fifteen or twenty minutes just hanging around and waiting. I did not … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged advice, games, humor, kids, smart, smarter, tag | 8 Comments

My new children’s book is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on October 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I just got my first copy. There is one small formatting error, which I should have fixed this weekend… It even has a back cover… wait… I just noticed that the sun on the fence makes it look like it … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, book, books, children's book, current-events, fiction, humor, illustration, kids, painting, social-media, wizards | 28 Comments

What am I???

Posted on September 24, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Posted in cartoons, My art, my weird moving pictures, Pictures of me, Stories of my life, stuff about blogging, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, blogging, current-events, humor, kids, Photoshop, photoshop art, social-media, writing | 8 Comments

The Lonely Little Wizard…

Posted on September 22, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Posted in cartoons, fiction, My art | Tagged art, childrens books, current-events, drawing, humor, illustrations, kids, painting, social-media, wizards | 23 Comments

I am going to post my new children’s book right here… in a while… sort of…

Posted on September 22, 2015 by pouringmyartout

This might seem like a bad idea… even for me… but let me explain my thinking… such as it is; I don’t think I sold very many of my first children’s book; ‘I like Monkeys’, through the blog… (even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life | Tagged art, books, childrens books, current-events, fiction, humor, kids, social-media, writing | 16 Comments

Too much cuteness in one post… more pictures from our trip to the Bay Area…

Posted on August 27, 2015 by pouringmyartout

This post contains pictures of three adorable children… and me! Some of you may remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about meeting a new baby friend. This is that baby. I met him at Willie’s birthday party. We … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life, Willie! | Tagged babies, bay area, family, humor, kids, photography | 22 Comments

Want to see some photos of a handsome young fireman?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, our godson, Willie, turned 3-years-old. And guess who got him that fireman’s outfit. We drove up North to be there. It was awesome. And this post is the least I can do after posting that naked picture of me … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life, Willie! | Tagged art, bay area, crafts, family, humor, kids, party, photography, robots, san francisco | 18 Comments

This is the last of my little driving adventure down the California coast on Highway One…

Posted on April 17, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I turned at last away from the rocky coastline and rough seas of Northern and Central California, heading back towards the white sandy beaches of the Southland. Driving through a lovely valley I stopped to take some pictures of trees … Continue reading →