by Rain Trueax  The reason why I write paranormals, despite not having a clear genre where my work fits, is my curiosity as to what mi...

 I was happy, for a short while, with the directness and freshness. This would be a fine painting as is.  But early on I started to lean tow...

by Rain Trueax Generally my dreams are prosaic--rarely nightmares, just ordinary activities. When surprises come, they are from who ...

The viewer might see the dragon Before adding a few cues   Favorite dragon painting  of me embracing my dragon "S...

A smaller house means there is less space to expand. Right? Wrong!  A ranch style house of 1,200 sq.ft. with few closets means there is...

by Rain Trueax For years, there have been those who argued that cougars weren't actually dangerous to humans. They brought up the poin...

 I got frustrated with the confines of a lasagna pan palette with parchment paper inserted with masking tape that wouldn't stick.  Ev...

by Rain Trueax If you are a religious person, you will likely see this differently than I do.  Life is not fair.  I know how peo...

"Ritner Creek 2017" is the painting from which a detail is the banner for the Rainy Day Thoughts blog. Maybe I should have kept ...

The Owyhee Spring is where we tied up our rafts to refill our water jugs. Originally I painted the ferns and moss like a poor photo I took ...

From my local Tucson writer group, this came with the morning's emails. If you are an unpublished author in one of the categories listed...

It's late summer, and of course, the irrigation pump had to break down. That took a lot of work, getting a new motor, having that r...

Myth # 1 Stop before you make mud and ruin it.   At first I thought this was done.  Then I wanted to shorten the tree to make room fo...

by Rain Trueax When writing fiction, why is it set where it is? Some authors create places. I prefer placing mine in real towns and landsc...

Since I posted yesterday on when could I rightfully identify myself as an artist, I realized that I didn’t include my thoughts on how often ...

In general an artist is defined as someone recognized as the maker of art. OK? Well no!!! Several problems occur to me in this definition...

by Rain Trueax My idea for the blog that led to so much trouble was reading something another author had written about the importance...

These pictures were taken with my I phone holding it way above my eye level in the one with sunflowers and sprinkler. ...

by Rain Trueax  You have written all morning putting together a blog. It's gone along well. The words flowed from the original idea...

Yesterday's blog post featured photographs of clouds with fantasy titles that are inspiration for when I am on location and am moved ...