Michael R. Barrick's blog

Phone snap detail of the last time I painted something on canvas, in 2009. #tbt via Instagram

Next up. Actual canvas this time. Image is from my own original photo of Lola Frost performing at Sin City Carnival of Kink, April 23, 2011. via Instagram

January mood. "After the Ball, the Reveler", Jean-Louis Forain, 1882 Side-note: It's dated 1882 by the collecting museum (Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN) but clearly signed "Forain 81 –" via Instagram

It's not a real Sunday project if it doesn't require using my 1962 Funk & Wagnells Encyclopedia. Also, LOL at the off-brand E6000. Whatever works. via Instagram

Malenky has the heating pad and Vidma has upped her game to sitting next to the baseboard heater. It was 14 °C in here (11 °C the bedroom where they usually hang out) when I got home. Space heater is on now and it's warming up. via Instagram

The post-apocalyptic walk into work this morning via Instagram

Vidma is glued to the heating pad that's under this blanket. via Instagram

This morning when I left for work I found that my building's dumpster had gone for a wander in the wind last night. The blue dumpster should be over by the telephone pole. via Instagram

Negative double-digits is my rule of thumb for putting the liner in my jacket. It's Vancouver, so this doesn't happen often—maybe a dozen times since I got the jacket in 1998. Time to pull out my scarf and touque, too. via Instagram