View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Special Issue ⚾️ Happy Opening Day, Reader! I am always excited about baseball's Opening Day, even if it still doesn't feel quite like spring here in Sheboygan. Over the last few weeks, I've been working away, designing two fun baseball jerseys to celebrate the occasion. They're finally ready, but only for a limited time! These special items are available for purchase today through the end of May. Wanna hear...
3 days ago • 1 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #10 ⛵️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am grateful for all the buzz the "Feeling Lucky" promotion generated this past week. Thanks to everyone who placed an order, and congrats to Julie McGuigan, who won the original "Carry On" painting. :) Here’s an interesting tidbit: “The advent of the computer age promised shorter working hours and more time to play. As early as 1965, a US...
7 days ago • 2 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Special Issue 🍀 Happy St. Patrick's Day, Reader! We have some exciting things happening, but only for today. Feeling lucky? 1 🍀 I am giving away an original painting! "Carry On," the 6 x 6-inch canvas pictured above, is an original painting I created just last week. It's valued at $300, but I'm giving it away to someone who places an order today. All you have to do to be eligible is to get your order in by...
12 days ago • 1 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #09 🌻 "We Can't Let Winter Win" by Jason Kotecki. Oil on canvas.🖼️ Original painting and prints available. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are excited for a special St. Patrick's Day event this Tuesday. Are you feeling lucky? (More details below!) One thing I love about the Midwest is the seasons. Real ones. Not like those they claim to have elsewhere, so-called “winters” with...
14 days ago • 5 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #08 🤔 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I wish I had been able to bring the Florida warmth with me back from vacation... My art studio is where the magic happens. Magic that has nothing to do with how the pretty pictures are made. My studio serves many purposes – it’s my favorite place to sketch, brainstorm, write, paint, and design cool things – but basically, it’s where I go to...
21 days ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #07 🪄 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Florida, where our family is enjoying our final days of some fun in the sun! I am not a natural-born rule breaker. This may come as a surprise, coming from someone who wrote a book about breaking rules. The obvious question for anyone who knew me as a child is, “How did you go from being a shy boy who was afraid of new situations and spent an eternity in...
28 days ago • 3 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #06 ✏️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I have for you a new installment in the video series from my studio overlooking Lake Michigan. This is Echo Base Dispatch—a brief transmission from here to wherever you are—where I share what I’m working on, what I’m wrestling with, and the lessons I’m learning along the way. (Click the video above to watch it, or keep reading for the full...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #04 🍯 "Doing Nothing" by Jason Kotecki. Oil on canvas. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we just hosted our first Open Studio! You can watch the replay here, and don't miss the super cool things we have on auction (which ends on Monday at 7:45 pm CT.) Doing nothing isn’t really doing nothing. New parents (and parents-to-be) get lots of advice. Among the wellspring of wisdom are tips...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #03 ⛷️ "Here Goes Something" by Jason Kotecki. Oil on canvas. Prints available. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am looking forward to opening my studio for you (virtually speaking) this Friday night. More on that below, but first... The Winter Olympics are broken. My family has been looking forward to them. We love the pageantry, the drama, and the vignettes about the athletes’...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read