There is a well-worn truism that ‘one should not bite the hand that feeds them‘. Which is also often used to suggest that one shouldn’t ‘bite the hand one hopes will feed them’ – which might well be good advice. Or perhaps it’s just a [read more]
I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal integrity. Those are combined with the ‘dark humour’ I learned early on and [read more]
A few years back I posted my newly-created bucket list, after talking about why I had refused to do one before. Now that I’ve celebrated yet another orbit around Sol (which is tied to the ability to work the list in question) a quick review. [read more]
A few weeks ago I posted about my family’s long history of living on both sides of the proverbial 49th parallel. And i said “Often times the influence[s] a person experiences by living for a time in a different country are hard to quantify- beyond [read more]
New for 2026: A Dream As part of my social media efforts to find a sympathetic landlord in S/W Ontario (moving: no Canadian credit history) and perhaps raise funds for the trip I’ve shared pictures of some cozy houses in our target area. Not that [read more]
There are a number of stories I can tell about Dad’s Mother. From being asked/told not to Come Out to her to the bits and pieces I (thought I) knew of her story. Although I regret not getting to know the person behind the title [read more]
Updates to Authorized Production partners for The Digital Gryphon llc photography and design. I opened my first POD (Print On Demand) shop at Cafepress in 2004, and have had shops at (or extensively reviewed) pretty much every merchandise POD site in the years since. I [read more]
Originally published as Buy Local- Support Small Business before a previous ‘year-end holiday shopping season’ – updated for Pride 2026. Pride month is coming. As so many corporations withdraw or reduce their public support for our communities, I want to encourage everyone to, as Tim [read more]
As previously posted, tariffs created by this regime have worked their way through The Gamecrafter’s supply chain; their pricing increased for orders placed on or after Jan.1 2026. Rather than try and calculate a single ‘across the board’ percentage increase, TGC took into account which [read more]
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