I was pleased to open my email this morning and find that BestCollegesOnline.com had included Ponder & Dream on their list 100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies.  Thanks guys!  And check out the post, it has quite a few other interesting history...
Topics: History

Textures are probably one of the most fun things to do in watercolor. I was in the mood to render some stone textures for practice and thought what better subject than Stonehenge. This is a quick watercolor study loosely based on a few of those...
Topics: History, Literature, Painting

Cavalry might have been one area where Continental forces during the American Revolution had an edge. It was difficult for the British to ship horses across the Atlantic meaning their cavalry regiments had to use stolen horses. For the Continentals and..
Topics: General

I took this photo just outside the restrooms in a rest area high on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It forever sealed my opinion that cool photos aren’t just composed and taken. Sometimes they are found and unexpectedly at that.
Topics: Photography

In the true spirit of Ponder & Dream, the logs of Captain Cook and Lord Nelson have been found to lend 18th century evidence to the mounting case against global warming as a man-made phenomenon. Read the article. This was also reported on Fox News...
Topics: Captain Cook, History, In the News