by Rain Trueax This is supposed to be about why my contemporary books haven't done well. It will be but first-- Happy Birthday to ...

  Some sense of flight movement but elements of trees and flowers detracted. Tried removing flowers and trees.     The birds d...

by Rain Trueax  Why books find acceptance-- or not-- is a mystery to writers-- most of us. I mean we love everything we put out-- most ...

  I thought this painting of three birds was resolved when I finished my previous post. But with a fresh look at it this afternoon, the s...

The flowers in our front yard are fun to groom this time of year. Summer weather is here and it is time for a change in my blog posts. ...

by Rain Trueax Rain Rock Casino-- Yreka, California Holy Mackerel, what is going on with time? It seems we just got home with a blog...

My personal story: I learn positive values of aging from my art making.  My golden years are an empty canvas or book that I fill wi...

by Rain Trueax What we left behind Roadtrips are long journeys made by car, bus, anything wheeled. It's not so much a vacati...

  DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD, a novel by Lynn Sharon Scwartz was well worth the difficult read. I was up to my chin in attempting to keep ...

by Rain Trueax Last time I wrote about rejection, something most creative people have to learn to deal with if they want to continu...

Swallows, oil, 11' x 14" Movement in a painting is not enough to have ch'i My research on the principle of ch'i in...

by Rain Trueax My view, when I turn around, from where I write when in Tucson. One of the things that is hardest about being a writer...

Updated ( see end of post) A little over thirty years ago my daughters competed in roller skating.  I attempted the sport with them competi...

by Rain Trueax There are several elements to a book that must be considered before setting out writing. One of them is setting. Does th...

  I want to go out and paint on a spanking new surface but have run out of space to acquire even a medium sized canvas. In the past I hav...

by Rain Trueax T here was a time when I never wrote about my books in this blog. There was a reason for that. I thought if I mentio...

Dr. Joseph Shieber was almost like STAR TRACK'S Dr. Spock. They both have a serious matter of fact explanation of  logical thinking. ...

by Rain Trueax The other physical frustration we had in April has been one for both of us--the carport construction. We'd had exper...

 Tuesday April 30 I had surgery to correct my droopy eye lids. Immediately after the world looked brighter and I could see much better. Next...

by Rain Trueax   This has been a difficult week to write anything here. It's had two physical problems. The first might be unpleasan...