Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

Posted on February 22, 2026 by portfoliolongo.com

I remember riding my bicycle on the 22-mile Hockhocking Adena Bikeway from Athens, OH to the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH on Sunday, September 27, 1998 to see the Reverend Jesse Jackson speak at a “leave no one behind” rally that kicked off Appalachian Cultural Awareness Week. Willie Nelson was supposed to be there, but he canceled at the last minute.

Rev. Jackson back in 2015 (Click on image to enlarge.)

Freehand iPad artwork in Sketch Club, Procreate, and iColorama using a photo reference and an Apple Pencil

Gabo

Posted on September 13, 2019 by portfoliolongo.com

This is a re-do. I already posted a digital iPad drawing done in Paper 53 of Gabriel García Márquez, click here to see that post if you’re so inclined, but I felt like doing another in Sketch Club for the hell of it. Click there to see the translation, if need be.

The quote comes from El otoño del patriarca (1975; p, 183).

Gabriel García Márquez (on Poverty)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by portfoliolongo.com

6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014

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How lucky I was to read Cien Años de Soledad in Spanish under the direction of Professor Antonio Serna at Ohio University in 1980! When I learned of his passing, I had to refresh my memory and update my understanding of Gabriel García Márquez. I hadn’t ever seen this quote on poverty.