DC’s Cherry Blossoms – Dave Williams
Hello there! My break from blogging was busy with my day job, but I managed to make good progress with personal projects. Mostly with video making, and one of the videos is below. And I’m hap…| Dave Williams
Thank you to all those who wrote kind notes in my last post, “Sunrise, headlights,” about my Mom. She’s improving each day, gaining more energy, and getting steadier on her feet. I’m grateful! My newest video is Smiley Rolling. It has the most complex animation that I’ve finished. The idea came from the upside-down smiley… Continue reading Smiley Rolling→| Dave Williams
A note, then a poem… My mom was in the hospital twice in May. The first time, she stayed in the hospital for two days. Then four days the second time. Her health has improved, and she is recovering at her house. I’ve been staying with her for a bit, helping her with day-to-day stuff.… Continue reading Sunrise, headlights→| Dave Williams
Back in February 2024, I posted a very short story called “A Series of Locks.” It came to mind in pondering which stories and poems that I’d like to translate into a video (a list that keeps growing!). The idea for a keyhole came quickly for how to frame illustrations in the video. Later, I… Continue reading Series of Locks — now a video→| Dave Williams
I tried a different approach in my first YouTube “short” … while the illustrations in my April in Paris video were created piece by piece, this new video takes something apart. That something is “Less is more.” I snip away parts of the phrase in a kinda ironic way to see if the message holds… Continue reading Less is more→| Dave Williams
After yogaI ate yogurtand listenedto Yo-Yo Ma’s version of“Carnival of the Animals: The Swan”while meditatingon Yogi Berra’s“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” A knock on theyurt’s doorwas followed byYogi Bear’s voice:“You about done in there?We gotta pick up trash.Some campers’re slobs, ya know.” So I put the yogurt containerin the recycling… Continue reading Life’s yo-yos→| Dave Williams
Grinders by C. S. Boyack First, what’s a grinder? In this futuristic book, it’s a person who modifies someone with technology to “upgrade” them. It’s an illegal practice, so police departments have grinder squads to track down these criminals. However, we learn from veteran officer Lou Brophy that the grinder squad pretty much has its… Continue reading Book review: ‘Grinders’→| Dave Williams
A handful of years ago, I included the poem “April in Paris” in my book, The Dancing Fish. When thinking of which of my poems and stories to create videos of, this one came to mind. (For Ella Fitzgerald’s lovely take on the song, click here for the YouTube video of her singing it in… Continue reading April in Paris→| Dave Williams
Inspiration can come in unexpected places. My family has lived a short drive from the National Museum of Health and Medicine (in Maryland) for many years. For a while, I wondered about the exhibits inside, but kept putting off going there. Until a couple years ago, when my daughter Tess and I ventured inside. It… Continue reading Brain in a Jar→| Dave Williams
Hello there! My break from blogging was busy with my day job, but I managed to make good progress with personal projects. Mostly with video making, and one of the videos is below. And I’m hap…| Dave Williams
Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene writes today’s joyful post, and her choice of topic certainly fits her blog — which offers interesting nuggets of history, along with her wonderfully imaginati…| Dave Williams
One more post swoops into the Joy project! My daughter Tess emailed me her essay in late February, but I’ve been so busy with work that I haven’t had the focus to publish it. Until now!…| Dave Williams
