Mark Twain:

            Without a doubt, my favorite writer EVER is Sam Clemons

, aka Mark Twain. Recently, I was called on to do an art demonstration at a local elementary school. After a little thought on the matter I decided to do a Mark Twain portrait. His face has a lot of character and is fairly easy to get a likeness. So to get into the Twain spirit, I picked up my copy of the works of the above named author and started reading. It’s always fun to revisit some of the things that I found true or made me laugh before. I found one that I’d like to share. It deals with his views on the subject of travel, from The Innocents Abroad.

            “The gentle reader will never never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass.”

            This passage held a double whammy. It not only made me laugh, but there was a whole lot of truth in it.

My all time favorite quote from Mark Twain:

“It’s easy to quit smoking… I've done it a thousand times.”

Books by Lou Bradshaw… Available on Amazon Kindle

A Fine Kettle of Fish   (Adventure Humor)

Hickory Jack   (Western)

Blue   (Western)

Ace High   (Western to be released soon)