I’ve been waiting a while to include Katie Kerr in my portrait of people I love.

I met Kattie when she was director of the local food co-op and heroically got the co-op through the threatening and frightening pandemic. Katie was exhausted afterward and moved on. She did a great job, saving and significantly improving the co-op.

She works for a music agent in Hoosick Falls now, but we have stayed in touch. She is a dancer and she has just joined Maria’s belly dancing class in Bennington, Vt. We finally got her and her husband Keven over for dinner last night, and he is just as nice and interesting as she is.

Kattie is a creative dreamer and a devoted dancer. She hopes to drink beer in Scotland, one of her favorite places, one day. I would be sad to see her go. We have a strong connection; I’m still determining what it is.

Kattie is quiet and warm-hearted. It was a gift to have her and Kevin in our house; they are both stricken dog people who can’t have a dog in their apartment. Bud and Fate and Zinnie.

Katie loves sheep; her grandparents had sheep on their farm. Maria invited her to come and meet ours.

She’ll be back soon to meet us and is bringing some carrots for the donkeys. When I moved here, I wondered if there would be people like Kattie here. And here she is, her face tells it is tall. She is one of my favorite people of all time, and I am happy to have her as a friend.

She speaks in a quiet voice but has a huge heart. Thanks for visiting us, Katie; it was fun from beginning to end. I only take portraits of people I like or love.