Galena Getaway!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Personal | No Comments »

Back in the years when I was a full-time freelance illustrator, a friend of mine named Dwight Nelson (a product packaging design manager for Quaker) referred me to Connie Koralik, ... Read more..

Frank Thomas House, Oak Park

Sunday, March 25th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

Deb and I got married in 1980, and settled in Oak Park quite by chance. We really did not know much about the community and its history at the time. ... Read more..

I Can’t Wait!

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 Posted in Personal | No Comments »

Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House! What will she do as speaker in her first 100 hours? - Boost the minimum wage? The only question is how high, how fast. - Fiscal ... Read more..

Another illustration from the archives.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

This one goes back to 1991. An actual watercolor painting of the farmhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where my wife's maternal grandparents lived... Monroe & Suzi Dourte. The original painting was ... Read more..