This is Rosie and Rocky – our two White West Highland Terriers. Brother and sister. That’s Rosie you may hear barking as the podcast begins. They were born in The Woodlands, Texas over a decade ago.

You should know I love cartoons. I have four full color prints of Jerry Van Amerongen hanging on my studio walls. He’s the creator of the greatest cartoon on the planet – Ballard Street. I purposefully surround myself with Jerry’s work. It inspires me, but quite often it shows me how little creativity I really practice. I hope to do better! Always.

“Who are you?” is the question asked. Some people may find that offensive, but not me. Don Crowther, whose work I respect and enjoy, would take issue with me even sharing personal stuff with professional stuff – but when people ask, what are you to do? People say, “Tell me your story.” I’ve been gently criticized for not sharing enough of my personal life with people interested in my professional services. Just this week Fast Company posted a story about Sarah Austin and her balance between personal and professional. It’s a story of how she seamlessly intertwines her personal and professional life. The fact is, some people are interested. I confess I’m still struggling to figure it all out. Don and other experts at such stuff are teaching me. We’ll see how good a student I am.

WHO ARE YOU? It’s not an offensive question to me – because I’m certainly not well known (yet). Fewer people know me compared to those who don’t. Lebron James doesn’t have that problem. Thankfully, I’m not that popular or famous. Nor do I run the risk of losing my anonymity any time soon. Going to the Wal-Mart is not a problem. I can’t imagine what it must be like when people know who you are, everywhere you go.

This is grandson number one, Max. His mom, my daughter, blogs about him (I contribute every now and then) at his website. Jake is his little brother. Jake has his own website.

Rhonda is my wife. She has a website where she sells her doll dresses. That would command an entire podcast episode all by itself. I didn’t even mention it, did I? She’s just getting her blog going. It’s a work in progress. She’s one of those people who is too busy creating stuff. She’s not got much time for this unproductive website stuff. She does, however, have quite a loyal band of followers, friends and customers. Her business is growing. Proof that no niche is too small.

I doubt I’ve answered the question as substantially as I could have, but this will have to do. Consider it part one of my answer. Will there be more parts? It all depends on who asks, how often they ask and if it will help me serve you better. So, maybe. Just maybe.

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