Rhymes With Orange Newsletter #7

Hi folks!

What are you doing the weekend of Nov. 10th and 11th? Why not come visit me at my studio?

My building is having their annual Open Studio open house, which means all sorts of artists and artisans open their doors and invite the "unwashed public" to come in. (Don't worry, most of us won't have washed either.) It will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.both Saturday and Sunday. For driving directions, see the end of this letter.

Come chat, nose around and sip apple cider. It will be informal. Bring along any old favorite strip you have and I will sign it. For those of you who want to stock up for the holidays, there will be books, postcards, greeting cards and brand new goodies for sale.

AND NOW, a call for talent-- If any of you folks are sharp graphic designers and want to help me create a cool RWO 'zine, send me samples electronically. I won't be able to pay you in money but can trade art.

In non-strip-related news, here's the latest ridiculous thing that happened to me:

Now that there's frost on the ground every morning, my partner and I decided it was about time to take the air conditioner out of the upstairs bedroom window. We tried to open the window gently so we could slide the air conditioner inside the house. The window wouldn't open. We banged on it to show it who was boss, then pushed up really hard.

Up went the window, then out went the air conditioner. Then down went the air conditioner, hitting the roof twice before crashing on the ground below.

Then out went the cat. Up on the roof. Then over on the other side of the roof, so we couldn't see it. Fifteen minutes we spent cajoling the cat back into the window.

When we got down to the AC, metal was bent but nothing was leaking, so we brought it down to the basement to "rest for a while."

Maybe some time this spring we'll plug it in to see if it works. Meantime, we have to fill the meteor-sized hole it left in the back yard.

[NOTE TO DAD: Sorry you're hearing this story for the first time, but I didn't want to get into it over the phone.]

I'll wrap this letter up with the usual refrain: Please e-mail your local newspaper editor and shower them with praise for having the strip in their paper, or gently admonish them for NOT having the strip in their paper and suggesting they mend the error of their ways. To get your local newspapers e-mail, go to http://www.abyznewslinks.com/index.html

See you on the 10th and 11th!