What a crazy week!

As I've mentioned before we are into our nine-show weeks at the Plaid Tidings show and things really are great. The crowds are great and it feels so wonderful to be spreading the joy this holiday season!

But it's a long haul, primarily this week (essentially a ten-show week)... Two shows Tuesday, a show and a remote news shoot Wednesday, two shows Thursday, one official performance Friday along with a full show put-in rehearsal for our wonderful understudy Jeffrey, two shows Saturday, and one week-ending show on Sunday. Whew! Add to this a caricature gig at the Welk on Wednesday and a dermatology appointment Friday and visiting friends (both shows today and the matinee tomorrow) and Christmas shopping, and you've got a busy busy boy. And I also have a few illustration jobs to complete over the weekend and early next week, so you have an über busy boy. It's a lot. But I say again that I'm SO thankful for it all... work, friends, family, health, fun, and making a little difference in many folks' holiday season. Wow! I feel so blessed.

So keep an eye out for more updates forthcoming as well as some new art and more peeks backstage. Take care, all! Happy holidays. Peace & love, y'all!

Happy Plaid moments.

First off, I'm still grinning from an incredibly lovely gesture from a Plaid fan today. Brenda (and her husband Mike) hosted the Plaid fellas for dinner between shows. We had appetizers as we caught a bit of the USC and Oklahoma games. Dinner rocked (pork tenderloin, taters, green beans, and homemade rolls) and the apple pie at dessert was some of the best I've had. Brenda showed us her Plaid room which contains quite a bit of fun memorabilia – and is slowly giving way to a Jersey Boys section. In fact, I noticed something familiar on her wall... a copy of a sketch I did for the JB gang that she had signed. That was a cool surprise. And Brenda capped off the evening with a gift for each of us – some delightful biscotti and a beautiful counted cross stitch mitten ornament (see photo). What a delightful time we had! Thank you Brenda and Mike!


The show is really rollin' along. The crowds really seem to be having a great time. I feel so proud of what we're doing. I'm having such a great time with our Plaid family, and I look forward to the next few weeks. On Thursday we have friends from the Grinch show at the Old Globe coming to see us, and then we'll visit them next Sunday evening.

And when I'm not in Plaidland, I've been working on a couple art projects that are due soon. I have more projects on the horizon... and some Christmas shopping to do. I'm a busy boy. And I'm very thankful for it all. I hope you all are enjoying the season. Peace and love, y'all!