Day: November 6, 2009

Kinney Road

  From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, Gardenworks (518 854-3250) will be hosting a two-hour benefit for the Agricultural Stewardship Society (ASA), a farmland conversation group based in Washington County, N.Y. I will be there with Izzy and Lenore, giving a talk about photos, farmland conversation, and my forthcoming novel, “Rose In A Storm,” and sign books, including “Soul Of A Dog.”
  Corinna Aldrich, who took the photos in the ASA Calendar along with me will be on hand as well. The ASA will be selling its beautiful new calendars, which can be seen and purchased at their website online.
  In addition, Gardenworks will be selling Christmas wreaths and gifts, muffins, cider donuts, pies, gourmet cheese and produce. I’m trying to talk Maria into selling her potholders there as well, if she can make enough. The ASA has preserved thousands of acres of vanishing farmlands from fast-encroaching development. The calendar is beautiful, the cause is worthy.  The photos include Corinna’s heartfelt portraits of rural and farm life, and my own photos of Washington County and the animals on my farm. We always have fun at Gadenworks and there is always great stuff to eat, see and buy there. Come if you can. 1 to 3 p.m.

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  On January 9, 2010, the Redux Gallery in Dorset, Vt. will present “Portraits of My Life,” show of my photographs from the farm, other farms (farmscapes), the animals here, Kinney Road, and even a spiderweb and pincushion. Our definition of portrait is loose and wide-ranging. The photographs will be sold as fine art, and we are trying to produce some of them smaller and more cheaply, so there will be a range of prices for the photos. For more information, call 802-867-4211.

  November 6, 2009 – Cloudy, cool. There seems to be a happy ending for the story of the ugly potholder. At least I thought it was ugly, pink and green not mixing well. It’s going to Colorado to a home that will love it. I love Maria’s potholders, and wrote that I didn’t think pink and green went well together, and was advised by Maria and a considerable segment of the Internet that I was talking out of my butt and had no taste. That could be true. Anyway, like many of Maria’s potholders, symbols to me of new and creative ways of selling art, this one is heading off of the farm and out into the world to make its own way, either as a decorative thing to hang on a wall, or a useful thing to use in the kitchen. Potholders inspire me.

 Like many dogs, Izzy is a scholar of his human. He watches me, is always near me, studies and reads my emotions, if not my thoughts. He is a keen observer of me, and seems to especially love watching me take pictures. He lies down, eyes open, and takes in my stumbling and muttering. He gets up when I am done, or move, and he moves to another spot. Izzy helps me live my life.