“Hailey!” I called to her and her eyes popped open. She saw me, leaned over and put a finger to her lips. “We have to keep the noise down, coach. There’s nothing so far. I don’t want to scare ‘em.” She whispered down to me. “I know! Your brother just made contact. He wanted me …
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Plate 13
Warren looked at me and raised his eyebrows, “630s?” “Books in a library are kept in order by general subject and given numbers that the library adds to the book spine. See? These shelves here are, well, these shelves are all fiction. That’s by author. Over there starts the 100s. We can go from there.” …
Plate 12
I’m not sure about some of this. Seeing it here helps me step back, assess and adjust. The library wasn’t quite open when I got there, so I ate the breakfast the café had packed. When I looked up. Warren was walking towards me. I felt a wave of relief; he was laughing and talking …
Color Plate 11
Well that was lucky. I had no real desire to see what kind of creatures were making that noise in the barn. The ballplayer’s dad was at the table looking at a big basket of muffins. Mom sat a mug across the table from him. “Good morning, sir.” Good start, anyway. “Your son is a …
Rough, plate 10
I picked up a ball and gave it a gentle, underhand toss right into the zone. She held the bat out, letting the ball hit it and bounce back to me. “That isn’t the way you teach pitching, is it, coach?” She took her stance again, looked me right in the eye. I didn’t want …
Mouse color plate 9
“Careful, coach,” Hailey warned me, then came past me to grab a bundle of wooden slats. She unrolled it between the combs so it would provide a solid footing for me. “And this is the brace,” she said as she picked up a metal pole that I hadn’t seen. “Help me push this comb a …
inktober 10-26
Sketch of the Ballplayer in the hopper pens, October 26, 2021
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A bee, October 18, 2021
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Young family, October 16, 2021
inktober 10-15
Doodle sheet, October 15, 2021