Eternal Aether

Last month I bid farewell to my dear and beloved assistant, companion, and all-around heart-healer, Aether the cat. Aether was first discovered, along with his sister Nyx and brother Chaos, as kittens in the shed behind my parents’ house. My brother and I tamed them and adopted them. They were great cats. Aether and Chaos …

Ceres Horse [art post]

To close out the year, the decade, and my Planet Horse series, here is Ceres, Queen of the Asteroid Belt. Since I added Pluto (and Charon) last year I felt it would be fitting to pay homage to another important celestial object—and a very important goddess. Like all my Planet Horses this piece was done …

Sol Horse [art post]

It may not seem like a picture of the Sun as a horse is a particularly seasonal thing to post at Christmastime, but if you consider that celebrations of lights and light-bringers have been observed around the winter solstice for as long as there have been solar gods and heroes to celebrate, then this is …

Forever Chaos

His coat was like a forest in autumn sun; full of color, light, and life. His coat was like a river with shadows and currents to get lost in. He snaked his way through sunbeams, through my veins, to my heart. And there he will reside a cat-shaped hole filled with all the love we …