Lil’ Gary

Almost NOTHING brings out the Lil’ Gary in me like candy apples. I rediscovered them this past weekend, thanks so much to Aunt Mahalia’s Candies in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. If you haven’t tried one, TRY ONE. As soon as you are done reading this. I have a couple of favorites: … The candy apple with caramel…

Lil’ Gary had questions about the picture on his favorite bubble bath label. It seemed only natural to contact the manufacturer…   Really, the gummy guys DO look a little worried, no? See for yourself… I just don’t know. And I may never know, because… Rats! Return to Lil’ Sender! So, no answers were forthcoming. I guess…

Set the Wayback Machine to fourth grade. I won’t say what year that was. The teacher collected our writing assignments through part of the year, and then, at some point, we compiled them into a book for Mom. I will be completely honest. Mom gave hers back to me.  And I threw it away.  At…

Hope you enjoy! I didn’t seem to put a lot of work into the cover illustration, or illustrations in general, to be honest!  I can remember scrounging up, then using up, every green and purple felt tip marker I could find for this project. Hope it was worth the effort… NEXT came the credit page; I seemed to…

SMILE! GOOD FOOD WILL GIVE YOU GOOD TEETH! Of course, if you haven’t got teeth to begin with, this rule doesn’t apply, sorry.

First, a couple explanations: 1) Never took any drawing or art courses. (You DON’T SAY!) 2) I have never been able to draw much of anything without having an example of it to look at. So if the picture is giraffes, say, rest assured I looked up giraffes in every encyclopedia and magazine I could find,…

Those look like rain clouds…. kinda. Finally, Lil’ Gary evidently didn’t see himself as lil’. Wowee wow! So long for now!

This illustration was for a cookbook compiled of all the kindergarteners’ favorite foods. My first thought: DESSERT! I chose for my favorite: “Applesauce Raisin Spice Cake With Caramel Frosting,” which was later edited to “Carmel Cake.” This is my rendition of it: As you can clearly see, Applesauce Raisin Spice Cake With Caramel Frosting had BOTH kinds of…

I really hope you enjoy this tale filled with irony, mystery, and of course, an aardvark. I was eight when I wrote it; something else was ATE in the story! Read on! LIL’ GARY’S NOTE: I guess we can be happy this particular story didn’t have illustrations; it might have been a Lil’ Gory. And…

True story! Read on! …Don’t worry, I won’t leave you in suspense. Part II is coming right up… LIL’ GARY’S NOTE: For the record, we only yelled “Scat!” when the duck was about to leave a mess on our driveway. Ducks do that, you know. He enjoyed many good meals at our place. We called him…