Model Train Journal

Merry Christmas, Bos. Petey I hardly recognized Evan. We got to get together man- you know I'm back in my house. Tramp, nice to see you're still writing. I am painting.

Hey, 'bos. What's happening? I can't believe this camp is still here. It's been many years since I set foot in here. I'm back up north now, been holed up in my studio. Tramp, congrats on finally getting that book published. Doing any painting? Dirt, I've been meaning to call you. I may come out and ...

Nice piece of prose, Tramp. Yes I have always had a fascination with the vanished roadside America that existed before the interstates and now is mostly abandoned. I stopped to take in and photograph South of the Border on my way down here last fall. That's one of the last great kitsch monuments lef...

Okay, back to art briefly. My favorites have changed many times over the years, and I could list a hundred artists who I have studied or whose retrospectives I have eagerly awaited, but here are a few of my perennial and current favorites: Bruegel Chardin Vermeer Degas Bonnard Matisse Cornell deKoon...

Ha, ha. That's called a 5 star HOTEL. Funny how the farmers put up mobile homes, spoiling their own beautiful backyard. The countryside has adopted the aspirations of suburbia, without the money to hire landscapers. So we have endless interstates dotted with fast food franchises, cheap motels and ga...

Well, I figured as much, but I wanted to flush you out. Cezanne? No, I wouldn't have ever guessed that from the description. By "era of talkers", I guess you mean he is the considered the father of modern art I do think Cezanne has been a little over-hyped, but some of his still lives are ...

Oh and for extra, extra credit, the critic in III is Clement Greenberg.

Well...... I. Clearly Vermeer and actually Proust went not to the Louvre, but to the Jeu de Paume to see "View of Delft" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring" according to George Painter's bio. II. Toulouse Lautrec. No brainer. III. Jackson Pollock and for extra credit, the woman is Pe...

I always feel when I walk into the little shop that they put at the end of all the big shows that someone turned out the lights- that is the reproductions on display seem drained of all color and life. Thank God for museums where we can see the real thing. Otherwise we would have to have wealthy fri...

Tramp, I'm a big Hopper fan myself. I remember a great retrospective at the Whitney in NY a number of years ago. I am tempted to say the nineties, but the years are getting away from me and it might have been the eighties. He's a great artist for students and especially scenic design students to stu...

Hev, now you're talking eats. Darn those look good. What's the recipe? (I think we talk about food, beer, and tits ten times more than trains.) Will, I honestly have no clue. I hate to go north of Boston and basically I don't. But Tramp, you are north of Boston, so I guess you meant south of Boston...

Da**, Dirt, I'd like to meet that guy. Nothing that interesting ever happens to me. Had to check the pistol at the door. Tramp, nice video. That must be the quickie tour. San, how are you? Been dealing with well issues at my house in PA. The tenants have run the old well dry and have no water. Basic...

Hey, everybody have a great Fourth. I'm flying out to see my Dad in the am.

Its pretty funny that sign is for a restaurant called Casa d' Ice. A lot of first generation immigrants never learned English but their children had a chance to learn it when they went to school. This was rue for Italians, Poles, Germans, etc. Its not that different for the Spanish minority now, alt...

Except fer Jackie. She'll get my speshul Spangilsh code.

Nice job irt-day!