“Sancho, did you know that Indy Beagle made a big deal out of Edward Hopper in last week’s rabbit hole?” “No, Your Grace, I did not.” “Yes, Indy showed them the Quixote sketch that Hopper made for Arthur Hosking, then he showed them Hopper’s famous Nighthawks.“ “Do you think Indy will put us in the […]

Wiggins was Harvey’s pet hamster. Round and round, Oh how that hamster would go round and round. 50 years ago, Israel was like Wiggins. Circling Jerusalem on the verge of extinction in a battle that seemed futile. A special one-night Fathom Event shares Israel’s story. See the movie, IN OUR HANDS: THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM, May 23rd in select theaters. Visit InOurHands1967.com and find a local theater […]

Hey guys. Here’s my entry for your hamster contest.  Okay, that sounds weird. Since I work in radio, my ad would be a promo for the radio station. Cheers! J. Q104 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Wiggins was Harvey’s pet hamster. Everywhere Harvey went, the rodent went along. Even to the studio … where Harvey did his radio […]

Wiggins was Harvey’s pet hamster.  He blamed Hilltop National Bank for the ink on his paws.  When Harvey choose to go with paperless banking from Hilltop, Wiggins lost his best source of premium shredded nest material.  It was back to newspaper.  Yuck.  Harvey, on the other hand, is delighted.  Hilltop’s paperless banking saves resources and […]

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I love the imagination of Marcel Nino Pajot. I imagine Quixote saying, “Sancho, I think we are about to have an adventure.” And Sancho says, “That’s exactly what I was afraid you’d say.” Can you read what Pajot wrote on the painting? I believe Pajot is French, so perhaps the language is, too. Can you translate what he wrote? […]

This is Eric at the convention he hosts for Plein Air painting enthusiasts. Heh, heh, heh – Indy

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But be of good cheer! I have overcome the world.” – Jesus, in John 16:33 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him […]

On the day he died, long ago, a man said, “In this world you will have trouble.” I’ve never had reason to doubt him. Money trouble Work trouble Relationship trouble Legal trouble Health trouble Family trouble Tax trouble You don’t get to choose whether or not you will have trouble. But you do get to […]

“We know that Hopper was a great admirer of Ernest Hemingway. In 1927, (90 years ago – Indy) when Scribner’s Magazine published Hemingway’s story, The Killers, Hopper wrote a letter to the editors, saying how refreshing it was to find ‘such an honest piece of work in an American magazine, after wading through the endless, […]

Our nation is changing, of course. Things aren’t like they used to be. Major retailers are closing hundreds of stores and famous clothing brands are at historic lows. But we’re not in a recession. According to an April 10 article by Derek Thompson in The Atlantic, “America’s GDP has been growing for 8 straight years, […]

Jefferson Eisenberg sent this to our attention. I like it. You’ll like it, too, I think. The song – Bohemian Rhapsody – changes character several times – as you know – but these kids pull it off, up, and over, astoundingly well. Worthless Bastard Worldwide President Plenipotentiary Tom Grimes cast a dissenting vote, however: “Amazing singers … […]

OOPS! I gave you indy@wizardacademy.org  as my email address in today’s MondayMorningMemo. The correct one is indy@wizardofads.com Sorry ’bout that. I put Don Quixote stuff in the rabbit hole to make the wizard happy. I’m putting this video in the rabbit hole to make myself happy. – Indy Beagle

This week’s Quixote image is a 1981 stage design – in watercolor – for Nureyev’s production of Don Quixote at The Metropolitan Opera, NYC.

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MONICA: My first job at Kesslers was handing out balloons to little kids. I was 6 years old. RICHARD: But then I realized she had talent as a jewelry designer. MONICA: One of the greatest joys of my life has been seeing your response to my Swan collection of fine jewelry. RICHARD: The whole thing was her […]

I was just a boy, standing beside my Dad’s coffin at his funeral when it hit me: the reason my Dad took me on all those evening service calls and had me hold the flashlight for him was because he knew he was dying. He didn’t want to tell me. He just wanted to spend […]

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This is Travis Jacobs, one of our own. You DEF’NITLY want to experience this. – Indy

Swan Collection Ad #3 RICHARD: My daughter Monica has been part of Kesslers Diamonds since she was 6 years old, but she’s rapidly becoming bigger than Kesslers. Monica is being recognized as an important designer of fine jewelry all across America. MONICA: The Swan Collection began with a pendant that revealed a Valentine’s Heart formed by two […]

Look just above the roofline of the temple and you’ll see 4 parked cars. Neither the temple, nor the hillside, nor the cars can be seen from the vacant, rural road that runs past this site in a sparsely-populated part of the island. To get there, you have to turn onto a little dirt path […]

This is Tidepools at night.

See the center opening in that building? That’s the backside of the second portal you saw on the previous page.

When I walked into this photograph, it asked me if I knew how to use Photoshop. I said, “No, but the wizard does. Why?” “Because I see myself as a watercolor. Does he know how to do that?” “I’ll ask,” I said. – Indy

This is a pretty good view for when you’re having lunch, don’t you think?

The main entrance of the Grand Hyatt on Kauai features a double portal. This helps their guests to instinctively understand, “Things are about to be different. You’re in a whole other world now…” This is what happened inside the second portal later that day…

This is at the entrance into the Ilima Grill. Princess Pennie and the wizard and I liked to sit at the table on the left and have breakfast. The Koi there are feisty, jumping into the air for tiny insects.