this is beautiful

Blood on a Feather // Sarah Hepburn & Mikkel Elzer at the Festival of Endless Gratitude

happy weekend

There's something about this photo of a friend & I at a house party/performance a couple of weeks back that I really love - captures an un-self-conscious moment in conversation so well.

Happy conversing & socializing - cheers!

Taken by my husband, my own private paparazzi.

the silence that fills

Happy Birthday to John Cage. We attended a performance that honored his rich legacy with a three hour program of his works, & I had the privilege of performing 4' 33".

33 musicians talk about how Cage influenced & inspired them:
John Cage, what does he communicate

photos of yours truly by john singer, composer

happy weekend

Feasting, dancing & love. Misty hilltops. Cheers!

free range happy hour

Good food, good drink, great folks (including the furry variety). And of course, chickens. Perfect summer evening.

I love Vermont.

en plein air

Outdoor art openings with friends. Croquet court opening avec amis. Sunday drives to delicious destinations. I love summertime.

thankful

Many thanks to Desha, local TV talk show host & avid supporter of the arts, for featuring my work on her blog! Check out her site for inspiration on things fun, fabulous & beautiful.

go here

full metal kimono

These stunning metal kimonos were made by a dear friend of mine, Polish artist, photographer & makeup artist Gabriela von Seltmann (née Maciejowska).

Gabi & her husband, Uwe von Seltmann, a writer & film maker, have embarked on a project that examines painful & hitherto unknown pieces of their families' pasts, when Uwe discovered that his Grandfather was an SS Officer in Kraków, & Gabi learned that her Grandfather had perished in Auschwitz. 

They spoke at a recent TED conference about how they met & were subsequently inspired to take on this difficult & illuminating piece of work.

see Gabriela's photos here

topmost photograph Andrzej Swietlik

happy unofficial summertime

A happy cat munching on grass; happy people noshing on good food & congregating at a vintage one-room schoolhouse; the aforementioned schoolhouse having been moved by a team of horses from one side of a field to another in the early 1900s, now nestled next to a stream & home to a dear friend; happy children playing in a pond in the schoolhouse's shadow; happy hour with chickens & their human compatriots at our friends' well-appointed home & gardens, right here in our little town. Vinho verde & sardines. A good weekend, indeed.