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…

The illusion of the Chinese Sticks is a classic in magic. By “classic” I mean that it is such an old trick, that no one knows who invented it. It has been in the repertoires of most magicians for hundreds of years.

From the re…