or think of warmth and sun at least. Weather drawing by Riley Taylor from Mrs. Bender's homeroom class at Baxter Elementary School.

Most of us work long, back-breaking weeks doing things that don't motivate us so we can book vacations to keep us going.

I didn't know there were so many cat lovers in the Valley. I touched more of a button with that one than any other," he says with a slight smile in his studio at his home, surrounded by drawings, ...