A stunning new moon tonight in these cold, clear skies with Mars and Venus close by. If you are around clear skies tomorrow night, look for the moon and planets in…
The recent collaboration, titled “Reflections,” among three friends—one a painter, another a cellist and myself—has been a wonderful success and an inspiration to try new ways of sharing my work.…
The poet Philip Levine died Saturday. Although I should have, I’d not known his work but since then have enjoyed reading some of it and listening to recordings of him…
I grew up in rural Central Michigan in the 1950s. The first person of color I remember seeing was a woman who operated the elevator in the downtown department store. Unless…
I ended up in the emergency room for Valentine’s Day—with a heart problem. Given my earlier history of having had a blockage, it was clear where I needed to be…
Living in a place with lots of winter, like Vermont, among many, I’ve learned different ways to measure both time and temperature. For example, we all know that if you still…
Several weeks of preparation culminated Friday at the Montpelier Alive Art Walk in two very successful and satisfying shows that included my photography. One was with my New Group of Seven…
As if we don’t have enough ice around here, now I’m going to post photographs I’ve made of ice cubes! No, I have not gone crazy yet. This was part…
It has been a cold and snowy month in Vermont. On three days in January the temperature climbed above freezing. On at least twelve days it dropped below 0F (-18C)…
We’ve had lovely snow these past several weeks and temperatures that have stayed below freezing—often below 0F!—so the snow has stayed nice. The big storm yesterday ended up bringing us…
Still Learning To See 