All the paintings I did in January. 🎨

A collection of watercolor paintings of various subjects

Watching shooting stars and the lunar eclipse this morning with my daughter. Lovely.

Girl on a ladder watching the night sky and a lunar eclipse.

Sunset out in Marana. Eastside, Westside.

The moon rising over the Catalina Mountains in Marana, AZ. The sunset makes the atmosphere an orangey pink.

Finished reading The Dip. Main idea: If you compete, only aim to be the best. Not just better than most. But first ask if you have the time, talent, resources, and focus to get through the dip. If not, quit and be the best elsewhere. If you do, commit and push through! The rewards are are huge. 📚

I finished reading: Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz. Not everything needs to be brief, but most things do. This book can help. 📚

Day 3 Strada Easel Challenge - Tucson mountains. My first plein air of a sunset. Can’t wait to try again.

Watercolor painting of a sunset with the used paints and brush nearby.

Day 2 Strada Easel Challenge

A watercolor painting shows an orange on a table with colorful leaves floating above it.A watercolor painting of an orange sits next to a real orange, a partially used paint palette, and crumpled paper towels on a wood table.

Day 1 Strada Easel Challenge.

Watercolor painting of a latern with the latent nearby and an artists watercolor palette and brush with the colors mixed as used in the painting.

Watercolor painting of a lantern with a blue background.

Finished reading: In the Hands of the People by Jon Meacham 📚

🔗 Goodbye “Big Eva,” Hello “Gig Eva”

On Repeat: Alexandra Whittingham | Letters from Paris

I’m reading: Right Kind of Wrong by Amy C. Edmondson. She helpfully distinguishes between different kinds of mistakes. This is a more useful thing than I realized when I started this book.

I started reading: The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition by John W. James, Russell Friedman. About halfway through. So far very good.

A vibrant mural featuring a retro sign reading "Voted the Coolest in TUCSON" alongside colorful artwork of a person holding an Italian Ice.

Finished reading: A Heart Aflame for God by Matthew C. Bingham. Bingham does an excellent job synthesizing the Reformed perspective on spiritual formation and interacting with other views. 📚

Finished reading: The Doodle Revolution by Sunni Brown. I loved working slowly through this book; learned a lot. I even adjusted my sermon prep process as a result. 📚

Reading: Saving the Reformation by W. Robert Godfrey 📚

Reading: How to Lead Your Family by Joel R. Beeke 📚

Is there a mail client that is better than Apple Mail? I feel like I can’t get signatures to work consistently correct, search is slow and has trouble finding things. Copy and paste creates weird formatting sometimes.

List of plants on a whiteboard under the heading to plant. The whiteboard is surrounded by plants.