With or Without Me

I took a hiatus on drawing and started writing some original music, and then something unexpected happened – I wanted to start drawing again. Fortunately, my family has been on a roll as far as providing me with material.

As far as music this song is called, “With or Without Me.”

It’s about being a Dad ( or Mom ) with kids that are growing up just a little too fast. Yes, it still needs some polish ( starting with a nice kick drum ), but I’m trying.

Live life. Stay Healthy. Go make something.

-Scott

#comic #singersongwriter #illustrator #raisingdaughters #ranchbernardo

Mario Kart

We added a Mini Cooper to our stable for our newest driver.

Thing is? Now I want one, too!

They’re like little Go-Karts. Coming from a Honda Pilot ( and before that, a minivan ), I forgot how much fun smaller cars are. For starters? You can park em’ anywhere. But, I also like the smaller confines of the interior, too. I swear I can hear my own echo in mine, sometimes, when I am driving alone.

Still Undetectable

In other news – if there is any cancer in my body, it’s behaving. I have been in remission for just over four years now. My anxiety still goes through the roof every single time I get blood work done, though, You would think I’d be more relaxed the further out I am from treatment, but no. It’s taken four years to get back to living and every time I get tested I feel like everything could just fall apart again. I hear the 5-year and 10-year marks are monumental, but I still find myself celebrating ( just a little ) every day.

Live life. Stay healthy. Create something!

-Scott

#minicooper #newdriver #ranchobernardo #comic #drawnandcoded

Another Night

This song is called “Another Night”. It’s about loss – and a little defiance, too. I wrote the lyrics for it a few years ago after my Dad passed away. No one can tell you it’ll be okay when something like that happens. No one. It just takes time. I didn’t play much when he was alive. I hope, somewhere, he is listening now.

Live live. Hug a loved one.

-Scott

It’s not what it looks like…

I take care of all the house plants in my house, so yeah, I feel a little guilty being a vegan when eating in front of them.

I’ve been a vegan for a few years now – since being diagnosed with prostate cancer. I can’t prove that it’s helped keep the disease at bay, but it has helped my well-being tremendously. It took a while to “find my stride” – find adequate recipes and all, but I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t miss the foods I left behind anymore. I just wish my house plants would stop giving me the stink eye..,

Live life. Stay healthy.

-Scott

#vegan #houseplants #illustration #greenthumb #ranchobernardo #sandiego #drawnandcoded

Blacks

This is a song I’ve been working on. I call it, “Blacks”. If you’re from San Diego you might recognize some of it.

I’ve been writing and playing a lot over the last year. It started with Survive, a song I wrote the lyrics for – but leaned heavily on Suno, an AI service, for the melody. This one is much more organic.

I hope you enjoy it.

Live life. Stay Healthy. Create something.

-Scott

#singersongwriter #originalsongs #blacksbeach #blacksbeachsandiego #blacksbeachsong #torreypinessong #ucsd

She likes driving…

Yup. Ashley is driving. She loves it, too. Last night she even drove us on the highway so we could go shopping at Costco.

The benefits are two-fold.

First, it’ll take some of the responsibility off of Mom and Dad during next school year as she’ll be able to drive her sister and herself to school. Second, I have a whole new muse for comics!

I do worry, though. There’s more distractions and traffic than when I was her age. I guess part of her growing up though is trusting her not be that person playing Wordle on their mobile phone while weaving through traffic.

Oh, wait. Thats me…

Stay healthy. Live life. Put the mobile phone down.

-Scott

#NewDriver #Sixteen #DistractedDriver #WorriedParent