View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #17 🐏 "One of One" by Jason Kotecki. Oil on canvas.Original and prints available. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I'm sending a shout-out to moms everywhere, including my own, who I seem to appreciate more with each passing year. Love you, Mom! 👋 When I was in art school in the late nineties, the goth look was in. A significant segment of art kids wore all-black clothing, Doc...
5 days ago • 5 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #16 👣 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we have assembled a treasure trove of cool things for Mom. Not only are they 100% Adultitis-free, but they increase your odds of becoming her favorite kid. This week I've got a new Echo Base Dispatch for you. Watch the video or keep on reading... It's said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I've learned that it also makes the eyes grow...
12 days ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #15 👓 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am thrilled with how Kim's new Beautiful Heart Collection turned out! We've already had a nice flurry of orders from people picking out the perfect one for Mother's Day. 🥰 I take a walk almost every day, usually taking the same route. This is intentional. I set my inner GPS, and, free from thinking about where I'm going, my mind is allowed...
19 days ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #14 💭 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I just returned from one of my favorite annual assignments: moderating a panel and conducting a workshop on life balance for civil engineers. (This was my 14th year with this client!) Ever wonder what we could create together for your company, association, or organization? Here's a taste. I have always prided myself on my imagination. I've...
26 days ago • 5 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #13 🤫 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I just returned from two days of speaking to college students. This week's message is one I wish I had known when I was their age. If a secret isn't secret, can it still be called a secret? Over twenty years ago, I wrote my first book, titled "Escape Adulthood: 8 Secrets of Childhood for the Stressed-Out Grown-Up." Can I tell you a secret? The...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #12 ✏️ 📺 Watch the video here. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am back with another installment of Echo Base Dispatch, a video series from my studio overlooking Lake Michigan. It’s 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. Drawing isn't really about how good your...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
View online • Get this from a friend? Subscribe here! Shenanigating Since 2000 | 2026 Issue #11 ⚾️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where I am excited about the new personalized baseball jerseys we introduced this week! As a subscriber to this newsletter, you can save $10 on each jersey with the coupon code PLAYBALL, but only through April 1st. More details below. For me, the start of baseball season is one of the most wonderful times of the year. It means winter is over, and...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
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...
about 2 months 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...
about 2 months 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...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read