Superheroes Assemble . . .

Superheroes Assemble . . .

“Superheroes Assemble” was the costume theme for the Stampaway USA Preview Party three weeks ago.  Didn’t see as many customer entries as I have some years, but several of the vendors went all out.  Here are some of the best that I saw . ....
The Best Thing I Saw All Summer . . .

The Best Thing I Saw All Summer . . .

I have traveled thousands of miles this year – haven’t even tried to count the number of states I have rolled through.  At every show, there is at least one image that burns itself into my brain.  Some are better than others – and this one is the...
Frozen . . .

Frozen . . .

The other story that needs to be told before we can move forward (or at least bounce back and forth) started last November 2.  I had just gotten off the phone with my friend Ben Andrews, who called to tell me that his prostate cancer surgery had been...
The Elephants in the Room . . .

The Elephants in the Room . . .

I want to start by thanking all of you who responded to my request in the last post for direction on where to go next — and what to do with a cell phone full of pictures that go with untold show and travel stories from the past eight or nine months.  The...
I’m Back . . .

I’m Back . . .

It has been eight months since I wrote something for this blog.  In some ways, it feels like eight days – in others, more like eight years.  I pretty much went off the grid about the first of November after I got my bloodwork results with the unexpected...