transitions

 at longridge

everyone brought things to look at.

betsy brought two boro kimonos, simple, beautiful

 some of her marks 

become light windows

dancing 

 dorothy had kanthas for us

to see

my favorites were a wonderful

amalgam of old technique and modern story

this is a sampler

 and these are thread

and string

some mark place and time

others stitch books together

 in st albans i drove past white foam all over the curbs!

popples (as they say around here) just shedding 

their seeds

cottonwood relatives

 in just a few moments 

i gathered a bag.

cleaning up the community

while acquiring some quantity

of fiber to experiment with.

 a basket from

jamin uticone

at swamp road baskets

 holds one of my samplers from

human mark making

 can you see his heart?

i have a serious love of these

black ash baskets

beautifully made, 

meant for a lifetime

arbor vitae shingles

cut by local folks

is icing the cake

still more, but it's beginning to look

like a home.

after studying with 

a vibrant group of learners

under the thoughtful direction

of a master teacher

the stuff of home is rich.

one more half day of school.

then my summer work commences:

paper, fiber, book, textile

spirit.

 through the islands

 eagle? osprey?

i stayed in putney

where the local library

has words