Art

Happy Little Houses

QuentinJuly 26, 2023

I’ve been painting like crazy recently. (Or, perhaps more accurately, “I’ve been painting like a crazy person recently.”)

Well, that explains it

“I consider myself the single honest man in a world of rogues and blackguards, present company excepted. In these conditions it is hard to accumulate wealth.” ― Jack Vance, Cugel’s Saga

September 12, 2025

Concerning the kazoo

“The kazoo is rare in European classical music.” Thanks a bunch, Wikipedia.

August 26, 2025

Photo: Box of bookplates with blue stone bear beside it.

Ex Libris

April 18, 2025

In 1920, 8 year old Samuel Reshevsky played chess with several chess masters at once. He lost every single game.

The Opposite of a Chess Master

I’ve been playing more chess recently. It’s kind of fun to be absolutely terrible at something and enjoy it anyway.

March 14, 2025

Giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway The Blue Bear by Quentin Dodd Giveaway ends March 09, 2025. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway

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Awkward pen sketch of legendary film director David Lynch

Thank You, David Lynch

“I like to remember things my own way. How I remember them. Not necessarily the way they happened.”

January 17, 2025

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