I've been trying to write a blog post for several days but haven't been able to get my thoughts together.  Not that I haven't had...

Last week I received my first rejection from an art gallery. By "first" I don't mean that I've never been rejected before, just that I've...

This is the sad story of the constellation Rangifer, who was borne of respect, and then lingered in confusion until he finally became...

When I think about my art, it feels like there are so many difficult miles between me and where I want to go.  If you're an artist, you...

We all have good and bad days.  We all go through phases where nothing goes right and others where we can do no wrong.  It seems to me...

This is the story of how a little space in the heavens became a bird and, after hopping across several maps, transformed into Noctua, the...

The constellation Manis, created by naturalist John Hill in 1754 in his book Urania: or, A Compleat View of the Heavens, is a pangolin. ...

Like many creative ideas, Felis seems to have been the result of enthusiasm-- and possibly inebriation.  French astronomer Jerome Lalande...

It all started with Steve the cat. One day while scrolling Instagram, I came across a photo of Steve sprawled across a lint-covered yoga...

I passed through the awkward age of adolescence a long time ago.  What exactly it means to be "mature," I'm still not sure, but I do...