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Art on the Fly I recently came across some photos of aircraft nose art I painted on C-130 Hercules transports that I flew in my Air Force days. In my twenty-four years in the service I visited [...]

“How do you like this one?” “Too sparse, and too small anyway.” “Here’s a nice one.” “Too full, and it would never fit in the space.” “There’s a beauty!” “It is, but it’s much too tall.” This is [...]

My nephew Fisher recently visited us in Connecticut on his way from Maine to his home in South Carolina. It was wonderful to see him and get caught up with all the things going on in his life, [...]

Sometime in 2017 my editor at Macmillan Publishing proposed the idea of a Tractor Mac back-to-school story.  I really liked the idea and started to thresh out some ideas. Should the story be [...]

Agricultural fairs are popular across the country and no less important in our neck of the woods. Farmers, residents, and children all compete for ribbons, trophies, and bragging rights in [...]

When I visit fairs, schools, and tractor shows to sign and sell my books or to do drawing presentations, I am often accompanied by a ‘real’ Tractor Mac.  I am often asked the question, “which [...]

I really enjoyed creating the book  Tractor Mac: New Friend for several reasons.  It was the first book on which we partnered with our new publisher, Macmillan. Plus, I got to introduce two new [...]

    My second book in the Tractor Mac series was entitled “Tractor Mac Learns to Fly.”  I have read that if you’re going to write children’s books, you should write about things that you like.  I [...]

Book of the Month: Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm I like most of the books I write to have a theme or a lesson.  Usually these are the same lessons my wife and I would try to instill in our boys [...]

Tractor Mac Twenty Years Later,  An Overnight Success   This month marks twenty years that I have been writing and illustrating the Tractor Mac book series.  It’s been a remarkably fun and [...]