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A New Endeavor

Michael Comfort — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:53:30 +0000

After a long count-down, Deanne made a new start today! The landing of the shuttle Endeavor yesterday reminded me of this drawing I did a few years ago of a space shuttle launch. It struck me how this picture captures the start of Deanne’s new career, and what took place to make it happen: Many years of dreaming, [...]

Parents Fly North on Saturday

Michael Comfort — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:16:30 +0000

I saw this in the news this week and immediately thought of my parents. They have a desert buggy in Arizona that looks quite a bit like this… well, minus the parachute and propeller! Here’s a picture of theirs… Have a good flight home, Mom and Dad! (Be sure to wear your coats — it gets chilly [...]

Drawn Together

Michael Comfort — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:48:45 +0000

It was cold, dark and rainy outside last night. Nothin’ decent on TV (a.k.a. no Blazer game)… need to do something besides Facebook… what to do? Deanne and I decided to draw our cat. Her sweet drawing is on the right. Yes — she is a trained artist also! This little-known fact got me thinking back to how [...]

Waxing Nostalgic Over Paste-Up

Michael Comfort — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:19:05 +0000

I came across this somewhat old (February 2004) article today, and it was fun to revisit some of the obsolete paste up methods that I used to spend a lot of my day using! I drew blood many times while wielding my X-acto knife, and spent many hours cleaning out my Rapidographs. (Wax and pens [...]

Happy Birthday, Billy!

Michael Comfort — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:04:49 +0000

Today is Billy Graham’s 90th birthday! (You can personally wish this remarkable man a Happy Birthday here.) Here he is in a picture with the famous (around here anyway) Four Flats quartet. Dick Cadd, Ron Crecelius, Norval Hadley and Harlow Ankeny gained fame in the 1950s when the Four Flats won several barbershop festivals. Later they traveled world-wide in [...]

Red-tailed Hawk

Michael Comfort — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:11:04 +0000

On my way to a photo shoot at Friendsview’s Springbrook Meadows this morning I drove by this Red-tailed Hawk. He ignored me for several minutes!

A cat… and no mouse

Michael Comfort — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:51:33 +0000

Here’s a bit of family news… we’ve got a cat! Actually it’s Alison’s new cat, but we are all definitely enjoying it! At our pumpkin carving party, my brother Ken asked if anybody wanted a cat. His neighbor in Milwaukie had been taking care of an abandoned cat and was looking for a home for it. Usually [...]

My Blog’s First Birthday

Michael Comfort — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:03:57 +0000

I’ve just finished the first year of my adventure in ‘personal publishing’ with this blog, and to celebrate I’m going to share a bunch of ComfortZone stats with you (and show you a picture of me on my real first birthday!). This sure has been a good creative outlet for me. I have enjoyed the interactions [...]

Celebrate this season too

Michael Comfort — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:30:03 +0000

I have to admit, fall is not my favorite season… but today I was reminded that it does have much to enjoy and appreciate. The sight of the sun shining on our Big Leaf Maple this afternoon brought me a new appreciation… …and then there is leaf raking — which I actually do enjoy. But I am glad it is [...]

A sign of good things!

Michael Comfort — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Here’s Ian from Sign-On installing the new sign this morning! Ooo… great location! (Is that Coffee Cottage right across the street?) Here’s Deanne! Poor girl, the sun was directly in her eyes, and all the people in the cars going by were watching, but hey, it was a special moment to capture!