Monthly Archives: April 2018

Learning From Wilsonia, Part V

While working on The Cabins of Wilsonia, I took 2 friends for a short driving tour of the cabins. One of them laughed at me when I said for the fifth or sixth time, “This is my favorite cabin!” She wondered how many cabins could possibly be my favorite.

There was a pattern. All of my favorites had shingle siding. Have a look at a few:

Look what happened to my own drawing studio as a result:

My studio as it looked while I was working on the book.

My studio as it now looks.

If you would like to see my studio and 14 others in Three Rivers alone, Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15, is the South Valley Artists Studio Tour.

For tickets: http://www.artsconsortium.org/sovast

Learning From Wilsonia, Part IV

While self-publishing The Cabins of Wilsonia,  I learned new skills, which equipped me for new experiences, added fantastic people to my life, and discovered some new places.

Well duh. Wilsonia itself was a new place in my life. The first time I remember going there is the first time I went to spend some time in order to decide if this was a project worth pursuing. And it is right here in Tulare County, where I have lived my entire life, minus a few misguided years during college.

These are the two cabins where I stayed while becoming familiar with Wilsonia’s roads, cabins and people

I had no idea how big the place was! 212 cabins, 29 roads, 100 acres!

It gave me the chance to become more familiar with Kings Canyon National Park, particularly the Grant Grove area. Most of my mountain time is spend in Mineral King, on the Sequoia end of the parks.