Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

yes, it certainly is. I've lit the furnace the last few mornings to take off the chill. At $5+/gal, this is going to be a costly winter....

thanks to you both for commenting

don't be surprised if that reunion is an emotional one, even if it's just a short visit. Mine certainly was, took me unawares. I'm rooting for ya...

A few recent shots from around the neighborhood. Minimal retouching - combed their hair, straightened their ties (cropped a few, Autocorrected a few, straightened a tipped horizon or two) - y'now, the usual...



Millers River
( taken from "The Point" - McLaughlin Trail, Winchendon MA )
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aIMG ...

my scuba days are behind me
and though it's unlikely
I'll ever climb Mt Monadnock again
you don't need to scale a peak
to find wonder - it's all around us
it's the turtle laying her eggs
at the edge of a familiar trail...
it's the bald eagle flying overhead
during yet another tramp by the river ...

amazng use of color - love it!

for me
it's always
running water

for a 1-hour "quickie", it looks pretty elegant to me....

I've gotta get my gastroenterologist a tee shirt.....

I seem to recall losing Art Blakey, Stevie Ray Vaughan, & Leonard Bersnstein all in the space of a month

The Fools
The The
Bare Naked Ladies
The Bloody Stools (my brother swears they existed, but I've never heard anyone but him claim so)
speaking of Monty Python: The Bonzo Dog Dooh-Dah Band

Ah, the comet stuff. I needed an excuse to get Russ & Kim alone; and since comet 3I/Atlas had recently drifted through our solar system (igniting all kinds of fever-dreams among the UFO enthusiasts), a skywatching interlude didn't seen too improbably or out of character for an IT dept. And it didn't ...

I never felt so alone as when I was married
and realized maybe we'd made a mistake
like I had to hide the Me from the Her
she only knew the one who accompanied her
to parties and cookouts and nights out
not the one who liked to write
or do mathematics
she became jealous of my notebooks
and so I ...

Mary was their lead singer, but Jane (the little brunette) could wail when the time came. Tony (tenor sax) & Fred (guitar) were also outstanding. The demands of traveling to gigs while raising families & holding day jobs eventually forced them to pull the plug.

nice! clean, welcoming portal to what looks like an organization as interested in having fun as in making a difference.

they always put on a good show. They were regulars at a local music venue owned by Luther Johnson, & always seemed to fill the house.