baby baby Cecilia getting close to 4 months already!

River water! Ice is gone. What a gift. I walk through tall old growth pines. Over jagged rocks. Next to the clear river. All gifts.

Years ago, I taught film-making to 4th and 5th graders who were struggling in school, struggling to learn to read and write and generally be

This is Peaches looking out at the Kennebec River on a BEAUTIFUL 50 degrees day in April. No, that is not a big fish causing

I’m thinking: “The ice is getting really thin. I hope Peaches doesn’t … AAAUGH!” “COME BACK, Peaches!!!” “Phew! Good dog.” Huge sigh of relief. Let’s

Yesterday I lost a crampon in the woods. I looked down and one boot was bare. You can see – above – what I lost:

Doesn’t Peaches look like she’s emerging from the darkness? As in Tolkien. The deep, dark woods… And yes, that kind of feels like what one

I go to the woods because they feel so much like home to me. So today I was thinking about a time when they were

It’s spring. The woods are a mess: icy trails, mud next to the ice. But, hey, it’s spring: what a gift! The baby needs a

My sister, Julie, used to do sports photography for a university and she would tell me about timing. Catching the moment on film. That shot.