The Journal

Everything I make, in one place. Filter by how it was made, or by what it’s about.
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Middle Fork Sunrise
Paul Cushing
Photography
Aug 18, 2025
Community
Making
Outdoors & Adventure

Middle Fork Sunrise

Spent the weekend playing in the woods with my son and some good friends. We rode 4-wheelers in and camped next to the Middle Fork of Boise River. It was
Spaceman
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Jun 20, 2025
Making

Spaceman

Watercolor Mouse
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Feb 17, 2025
Making
Outdoors & Adventure

Watercolor Mouse

I pulled out the watercolors for some relaxation.
Knife Making
Paul Cushing
Photography
Apr 16, 2024
Making

Knife Making

We’ve been watching Forged In Fire as a family. If you’re not already aware, it’s a great show. 4 blacksmiths show up and make knives in just a couple of
Don’t Ghost Me Bro!
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Sep 18, 2023
Making

Don’t Ghost Me Bro!

This is part doodle… part CSS animation experiment. What you see, is a still image (a PNG), animated with CSS. The shadow is just CSS too. Cool! As is often
Young Fella
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Dec 11, 2022
Making

Young Fella

I was drawing this during church thinking it was pretty random. When I was done though, my daughter said, “hey, that looks like Pastor Brent, if he had a big
Black Friday
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Nov 23, 2022
Making

Black Friday

Does it strike you as strange that Black Friday is the day following our day of thanks? It’s almost like someone doesn’t want us to let our thoughts dwell on
Guy Looking Up
Paul Cushing
Drawing
Oct 20, 2022
Making

Guy Looking Up

This guy seemed like an excitable fellow that should stand at the bottom of a page looking up at some exciting text perhaps.
If My Watch Didn’t Record It…
Paul Cushing
Writing
Aug 8, 2022
Making

If My Watch Didn’t Record It…

I got up early and did some work on my property. An entire side of my little homestead is completely overgrown by wild blackberries, ivy, and wild roses. And too
Further In! Further up!
Paul Cushing
Writing
Feb 23, 2022
Faith
Making

Further In! Further up!

My uncle died on Saturday. I won’t tell you it didn’t hurt. It did. It does. And yet, we saw it coming. His mind and memory had long been lost
A Day of Grateful
Paul Cushing
Writing
Nov 26, 2019
Faith
Making

A Day of Grateful

In this week leading toward Thanksgiving 2019, I find myself incredibly grateful. I would love to think that I’m always grateful, but I’m not. The truth is far less beautiful
Popsicle Stick Ninja Stars
Paul Cushing
Photography
Jul 30, 2019
Family
Making

Popsicle Stick Ninja Stars

I grew up firmly in the middle class. Definitely not wealthy, but certainly not poor either. We had plenty of toys and Lego to play with, but some of the