My garden this week: April 2, 2010: The 10-day forecast suggests we will not be seeing flowers like this in six weeks!
Perspective in a photograph allows us to see where we are in the overall image. I like to disrupt my normal sense of reality by finding a different perspective in my…
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…
Still Learning To See 