Magic Collectors Expo Aboard the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California – May 7 – 9, 2024

I had a blast attending the Magic Collector Expo 2024. This is a full report on the recent Magic Collectibles convention as report…

Magic Collectors Expo: Second Day – Friday, August 20, 2021 – Afternoon and Evening Sessions
Continuing my summary of the Magic Collectors Expo – Part 2.
Click here to read about the First Day of the Magic Collectors Expo: Part…

Magic Collectors Expo 2021 was my first LIVE Convention of the year
Magic Collectors Expo: Convention is starting!

Magic Collectors Expo 2021

Whew! For th…

I am back!
I know it’s been some time since I’ve written about all the magical props and projects I’ve been working on. My hands have been a bit full over the past few months and I’d like to share with you now a little of what …

Magic Entertainment During Pandemic Times
Trying to stay positive during these pandemic times requires quite a bit of effort. Misinformation, bias and negativity in the news are abundant, so I have consciously decided to turn o…

I don’t know about you, but every single day when I wake up, I thank God for my health. I still have enough eyesight and the stamina to do what needs to get done in life. I am also grateful for the amount of work that keeps me …

This is the second post in my puppetry series. See the first post “Building a Marionette Controller” to follow from start to finish.
PART 2: Painting and Stringing a “Magical” Marionette
… By now the controllers are built and…

Keeping a strict schedule and routine is what kept me sane while taking care of Norm in the last five years he suffered dementia. My caretaking duties fine tuned my time-management skills. The drawback is that things can get bo…

Norm’s passing during the 2020 pandemic, h…

I have always said, you can tell a lot about a person by the things they hang on their wall.

In our office we have this framed picture of Okito and his tools:

Norm l…