Fishing with Harry

Harry invited me to go fishing with him this morning along the Battenkill. We brought along the dogs and had a wonderful time before the rain hit….

love the slowness of fly fishing and how much Harry loves it.

He has had a great week on the river, catching fish the last two days in a row… and deepening his relationship with the Battenkill…

 

 

Sammy took up her post, guarding the fisherman.

 

Willow is an intrepid explorer, wandering the shore…

 

 

 

 

Shushan green

green mysteries

leaf paintings

 

Hildene Arrangements

This weekend we visited Hildene, the summer home of Robert Lincoln, President Lincoln’s son. Hildene — hill and valley with a stream — is situated overlooking the Battenkill Valley and River with views of the Taconic and Green Mountains. The …

Spuyten Duyvil mysteries

We recently moved to the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood in Riverdale in the Bronx. Today Sammy and I did some exploring along the Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront park pathways…. there is a pathway near the Metro North Spuyten Duyvil station that leads …

street photography performance

“It takes a second to look, a long time to see.”     ~Teju Cole  Yesterday I had the pleasure of leading a workshop on street photography at the East Side Institute:  “The Art of Photography: Improve Your Lens.” We …

Tree and Vine

vine and tree
wrapping
sharing time…

…the sea air
the breeze

the soil
…the birds

 

Photograph made on Easter Sunday on Fort Hill, Eastham, MA.

march on the battenkill

Came across this quote from Walden by Henry David Thoreau:

“I love the broad margin to my life.”

helpful reminder

consider the richness that comes with broad margins

margins not rigid but porous and expanding…

consider the margins of the battenkill river

early march…

caught in winter with the river and the sky promising spring to come.

 

shadow paintings on the rock

 

 

Marching in Glens Falls

On Saturday,  I joined the Women’s March in Glens Falls, a small city in upstate NY with a population of about 15,000 situated in Warren County.

I marched with dear friends, author Jon Katz, artist Maria Wulf and their friend, Jackie Thorne , a nurse and poet.  

I loved this march, organized by Planned Parenthood.  We met at their offices, on Warren Street with the smoke stakes of one of the last big paper mills behind us.  You got the sense of how embedded in the community Planned Parenthood is here and everywhere.  To kick us off, one of the directors of Planned Parenthood said that this was a march about love.

Organizers expected 150 people at most, but there were closer to 1,000 folks of all ages who marched. People marched for all kinds of reasons, mostly to make a positive statement in support of women.

I marched as a woman standing with women.  I marched in support of Planned Parenthood. I marched as an independent, giving no allegiance to the two parties and with hope that the American people can find ways to fix our broken system.  It was a joyous, mostly positive march with lots of conversations and connections. I was happy to be there.

Here are some of my favorite photos and signs from the march—

Sat Eve at the Met

Saturday evenings at the Met with Harry Our favorite time to rendevous delicious pleasure roaming endless halls of art to explore exhibits as night falls on the city… a tryst among the paintings and armor we never fail to make …