One Mendocino Morning

One Mendocino Morning

 [Click on BLUE links for sources and information] How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?   William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell One Mendocino morning I woke up to the...
The End of Cash?

The End of Cash?

 [Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Many years ago in one of my first college economics classes the professor speculated that cash would soon become a thing of the past.  The developed world and the United States were moving, in his view, inexorably...
The Code of Hoggard

The Code of Hoggard

 [Click on BLUE links for sources and information] David, I showed Jack Haye this code of shapes with & without dots, I often used this for my napkins, hopefully they all translate to English, spelling is not an art, neither is math, When I can I’ll send you...
The Genius of Roy Hoggard

The Genius of Roy Hoggard

 [Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I met Roy in the 70s at the Sea Gull.  He was our most prolific napkin artist.  I knew very little about Roy in those days even though I saw him often.  We didn’t travel in the same circles.  I wish I’d spent...