Red and I were waiting outside a shop on Main Street while Maria went inside to look for something. We sat on a bench and watched people go by, and I got up to go take a photo of him. Red is a beautiful animal, I sometimes have to step back and look at him to be reminded of it. He is a testament to the wonder of good breeding.
Day: October 3, 2015
Double Teamed: Nobody Moved
I told the dogs to hold the sheep by the feeder and Red and Fate took opposite sites. Nobody moved.
Heather On Main Street: Over The Moon
Heather runs the bead and socks store on Main Street called Over The Moon, on warm days she is almost always outside reading a book when the store isn’t busy. She looks forward to the Open House (next Saturday and Sunday, 11 – 4), she says she becomes a celebrity for a day or so.
I have written about the store, I buy socks for Maria there all the time, and she loves them. Heather, an animal lover, is great fun, she is getting a new shipment of socks Monday, she is ready. I get almost all of Maria’s socks there (Maria does not ever buy new clothes for herself). I did get a pair in Brattleboro, a pair of ghoul socks, but she is a greatĀ supplier of socks. I hope she is swamped on Open House weekend, her shop is right next to Battenkill Books on Main Street.
The weather next weekend promises to be chilly and mostly dry (some chance of rain – 30 per cent – on Saturday). Pamela Rickenbach of Blue Star Equiculture will be here with two giant draft horses, I will be herding sheep with Fate and Red (you can see Fate’s progress), Deb Foster will be conducting donkey and pony visits (feel free to bring some carrots) and Tyler Lindenholl will be here, helping to control crowds. He has a girlfriend now, I hear. There will also be poetry readings – Mary Kellogg, Kate Rantilla, Doug Anderson, Tom Atkins – talks, lots of great art sold in Maria’s studio, she is already quite excited, some great art is already arriving.
Joshua Rockwood, our friend and farmer from Glenville, N.Y., is also threatening to visit.
Maria loves curating art shows, she will be moving stuff around until Saturday morning and beyond.
Portraits: My Class. Alex
Alex Dery Snider is the communications director of Bennington College, the mother of two small children. She is a wonderful and natural writer, penetrating and funny and very sharp. The class is a wonderful mix of people…some retired, some with young children, a doctor, some teachers, a journalist. It is an especially gifted and collaborative class, I am privileged to be teaching it. No one leaves any class feeling badly about their work, and hopefully, themselves.
Portraits: My Class
Caroline Ashton and JimĀ Reid are two of the students in my writing class, Caroline, a teacher, talks with her hands, and says a lot of thoughtful things. Jim, a retired Bishop, has a dry with and great sense of humor. I’ve decided to do a series of portraits of my class, which usually meets Saturday morning and is churning out some wonderful stories. Do not speak poorly of your work, I urge them every week. It might be listening.