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The woman who didn’t draw me – travel napkin #3
I drew her at 'The Grove' a cool restaurant In San Francisco. I gave her my card and good thing I did since I left my camera at the restaurant and she called me to tell me. The Grove
Barbara Who Cried – Travel Napkin #2
Barbara sat across from us at a communal table at Rick & Ann's, a breakfast spot in Berkeley. We told her the story of Dwight's memorial service. She is now a friend newly made.
Sausage vs Hot Dog – Travel Napkin #1
Noted while traveling: She said she said at the fast food spot at the Las Vegas airport on my way to California to say goodbye to Dwight. Drawing by Marty Coleman
‘Kensho: A Modern Awakening’ Grand Prize Winner – part one
Rules, Rules, Rules In the fall of 2011 I happened upon a contest put on by the author and business woman, Susan Steinbrecher. It was being promoted in conjunction with the release of her book 'Kensho: A Modern Awakening - Instigating Change in an Era of Global...
She Poured It In Texas
On the road, deep in the heart of Texas! I was awarded a 2 night stay at the Gaylord Texan resort from Steinbrecher and Associates for a story I wrote about the 'aha moment' in my life from being the Napkin Dad. Linda, Caitlin and I are here now over Independence Day...
The Problem with Expectations
We are going to the Belmont Stakes. We were going to watch Triple Crown history, or so we thought. The potential Triple Crown winner, 'I'll Have Another' was scratched from the race today. Expectations and anticipation are dashed. What is that really about but...
In The City – Journey to Blog World #8
My first travel napkin of my trip to speak at Blog World in NYC. I did the usual thing when you are alone at a social media conference and tweeted to the Blog World crowd asking who wanted to get a bite to eat before the opening party. Rzaz, Sus, and Apdo responded...
What She Wants – Travel Napkin
On the road in Texas thinking about beauty and goodness, selfishness and altruism. How do you balance the tension between the two? Does one even need to worry about it?
Food for Thought- Travel Napkin
Maybe my last Guest napkin from Waco since Caitlin is graduating this year. And later, when I went on my photo shoot I found this grave marker: I thought it was pretty OMG!
Travel Napkin – Alamo Bowl Edition
I am in San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl tonight between the Baylor Bears and University of Washington Huskies. Sic em' Bears! San Antonio is an AWESOME city, by the way.
Friends – Blog World LA – Day 4
Whenever you go to a conference there is that dreaded feeling that you won't know anyone, no one will befriend you and you will spend a lot of time roaming the cavernous halls of some center feeling alone amidst thousands of people. It doesn't usually end up happening...
The Girl with the Wonderful Eyebrows – Part 2
I came down to the dining area at the hotel in Waco. I saw a young woman with great, fun, spikey hair sitting down with someone who looked like her mother and a friend. I went and found a guest napkin & drew them. The mother had copper eyeshadow, and I...
The Girl with the Wonderful Eyebrows – Part One
Today I am in Waco, Texas visiting my daughter. I am hanging out at Common Grounds, a coffee spot right off the Baylor campus. I am watching the parade of students come in, order their drinks and go back out to their next class. The woman serving,...
Travel Napkin #8 – Sleep is Overrated
I am down in Waco, Texas at the Baylor University homecoming. Our daughter, Caitlin, is a typical sleep-deprived, coffee-infused college student. Not enough time, too many obligations. Everything is hard and will end in certain disaster. Except it never...
Seattle Road Trip – Day 5 – Deep Thoughts & the Barista
Deep Thoughts and the Barista We have arrived in Seattle, our final road trip destination! My daughter has been a barista for quite some time, as well as a coffee roaster, office manager, and everything else in the coffee business. So, of course the first thing we...
Seattle Road Trip – Day 4 – The Waterfalls of Scared
We spent time in Yellowstone National Park, looking at Bison and Waterfalls and bubbling mud pots of steam. It made us imagine what the first people who saw this area must have thought, how scary it must have been for the native peoples to traverse this landscape,...