The Dahlia growing in my garden bed helped frame this photo, which I greatly liked. I am lucky to live in nature and see such beauty evert time I leave the house. | Continue reading
Today, there is no rain and no cold. It is a good day for photos. We are going to Vermont briefly to help a friend who needs her house and dog cared for while she gets some medical tests. We will be back after lunch. I might be playing chess with Ian McRae tonight. I […] | Continue reading
When Maria is excited about the word she’s doing, she invites me into her studio to see it and help her with a video. This is great fun for both of us – I’m a former TV producer – and Maria is one of those people that the camera loves. She never shows the slightest […] | Continue reading
I ran amok today, rushing from flower to flower to catch the sun, adjust the focus, and try not to be blinded by the light. I sometimes succeeded and sometimes failed, but I was happy at the end of the day. You are invited to come and see this photo journal on the Souls of […] | Continue reading
I love my car and wouldn’t trust it to just anyone. I am happy to trust it to Clint Rushinski, who has a garage just a mile or two down the road in front of our farm. He seems like a gentle giant—soft-spoken, honest, and great at emergencies. When I panic about my car, I […] | Continue reading
My posse grew larger today; Zinnia wanted to join Zip (Zud) and me and walk around the farm as the clouds gather. I love my farm photo journals at dusk; it seems like a beautiful time here, and it’s always something to photograph. I’m never alone out there. (And yes, that is a Ta … | Continue reading
My daughter Emma sent me my granddaughter Robin’s Mother’s Day Card, which she received yesterday. This kid was definitely raised in Brooklyn. | Continue reading
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your incredible generosity and compassion. I greatly appreciate your quick reply to my plea to help get Sharon, a beloved poet and Mansion resident, a new computer tablet. Sharon, who is currently battling a severe illness, will soon be … | Continue reading
One of the Cambridge Food Pantry’s guests—she sends me messages occasionally—says the food the Army Of Good is sending to the pantry is important because it symbolizes better times and hopes for the future. It also restores pride to their battered and exhausted parents. “It’s a p … | Continue reading
“All over bouquets of roses, O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, But mostly, and now the lilac that blooms the first, Copious I break, I break the sprigs from the bushes, With loaded arms, I come, pouring for you, For you and the coffins, all of you, O death” - … | Continue reading
Maria’s Monday Morning videos have become a popular feature of her blog and mine. I’m running them every Monday with her blessing. She captures the feeling of the farm on a beautiful day. I gave up rushing out naked to take my sunrise p photos, but I do come out in my new L.L. Be … | Continue reading
Somehow, Zip always gets the last word. Maria was out in the barn stacking firewood, and Zip hopped up on the tarp and startled her by crawling under it. She saw it moving and thought it must be some kind of wild animal. It was just Zip, who then ran over to the fencepost between … | Continue reading
Today was a great day for me photo-wise; I got hold of some new flowers and had a joyous time looking at them, pointing the camera at them, and trying different settings and poses. Come and see the show, it’s free. I’ll be talking with you in the morning. I’m signing off for toni … | Continue reading
I took one of the most significant steps of my adult this week, the most transformative since getting married to Maria. I stopped seeing my longtime and much-beloved therapist, who has been working with me for more than 20 years to control my impulses and my anxiety. My fears hav … | Continue reading
This afternoon, we went for a wildflower walk in the hills and woods behind the farm. Maria loves to look for wildflowers and is great at spotting them. I love them; they are beautiful things, and I’m hooked on photographing them. A lot haven’t come out yet, but she put together … | Continue reading
Zip and I were sitting on the back porch, watching the raindrops, when Maria came by to show me this video she had taken in the back pasture. It captured the sound of a beautiful country creek and the dozens of birds singing their morning song. The birdsong is lovely. This video … | Continue reading
We’ve figured out how to make poached eggs, and I love them, especially over focaccia bread made by Kean at the Covered Bridge Bread Co. We’re heading to the farmers market this morning before the rain starts again. I have some things I want to write about this afternoon. See you … | Continue reading
“In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love, With every leaf a miracle—and from this bush in the d … | Continue reading
I went to close the bathroom window – it’s getting pretty cold here – and saw Zip in the wicker chair looking up. When I went out on the porch to see Maria, who was reading there, I found Zip lying and sleeping in her lap. Both of them were warm, she said. He’s woven […] | Continue reading
In the late afternoon, blue skies appeared over Maria, who was brushing her donkeys. As usual, all the animals were gathered around her. Our Pied Piper. I also looked up and saw a bird on the roof. I love the way this photo came together. Somehow iconic. | Continue reading
Zip had a quiet day for once. He was looting all night and slept for hours on the back porch. We met around 4 p.m., and he lay quietly in my lap for nearly a half-hour when his nemesis, the stone wall chipmunk, popped her head up, and off he went. This is like a […] | Continue reading
For Maria, who loves many plants, herbs, and flowers, this was a labor of love – her ailing cactuses. The round one on the left has particular meaning to both of us. I was in my Hebron farmhouse when she and I first met; she has been caring for it ever since. This year, the […] | Continue reading
Zip, the master of timing, always finds a way to steal the spotlight. Whether stocking firewood or a simple photo shoot, he’s always the center of attention, the camera’s friend. I’ve been taking pictures for a long time; I’ve never had an animal as photogenic as Zip. This mornin … | Continue reading
This is one of the biggest days at Bedlam Farm, when the donkeys and sheep can go out into our pastures and have some fresh green grass. Due to the warm weather and earlier rains, our grass is sweet and green. We limit the time they go out and eat; they can get sick from […] | Continue reading
For $5.69, we can send two large bottles of the precious and hard-to-get Happy Belly Juice Cocktail, 64. fl. ounces pack of 2. This is Sarah’s pick of the day for the children and families of the Cambridge Food Pantry. Cranberry Juice is one of the healthiest breakfast juices for … | Continue reading
I’m taking many flower photos right now; the most colorful ones come from the iPhone (below), and the softest and most artistic ones come from the Leica. The brightness and sharpest work well in the morning as we get up to work. I’m enjoying figuring out what the cameras and lens … | Continue reading
This time of year, countless flowers begin to bloom. I’m leavning that my heart can also bloom and two things have made that happen – love and flowers. They just open something inside of me when I photograph them they are ever beautiful and spiritual to me. They help to open up m … | Continue reading
Today, Maria caught me singing to Zip. Yes, I was and am embarrassed. Openness is openness. I was singing the “Zip” song, which Maria did not even know. I need to keep my eyes open. Life is good. I have no comment. Except he did fall asleep. | Continue reading
Before my brace, I could not walk much for over two years. Since the brace was made for me, I have been walking again, building up slowly but regularly. I love walking; it’s my sport, and so does Maria. We almost always walk together. Saturday, on a sunny Spring Day, we decided t … | Continue reading
Two years ago, Casey bought an old and descript horse trailer in Vermont and brought it back to New York. She has spent those two years repairing, fixing, and painting it with the help of Dan Rogers, a gifted craftsman. She’s worked hard planning the next step in her ambition to … | Continue reading
Sometimes, Zip would make a great Hollywood dog; he always finds a way to be almost any picture or activity. He seems to know where the camera is and plays to it. I’m sure I’m anthropomorphizing here. Maria and I were gardening this afternoon and hauling the wheelbarrow around. S … | Continue reading
We fell in love with Spring this morning: the green pastures, the warm temperatures, the flowers blooming, the farmer’s market, sitting in the sun, reading a book, digging some holes, watering some plants, and feeling much love. There isn’t much to say about spring that hasn’t be … | Continue reading
I read for much of the morning. Maria helpled me to clean out some of the crowded electronics in my office shelves. It’s a lod less crowded in here. Then we went for a walk down Main Street in our small town, I took some nice photos and saw some friends. I’ll post about it […] | Continue reading
It was a bit embarrassing, but Maria caught me singing to Zip in the yard near the pasture in our afternoon meeting chair. Zip was bliss when I scratched him under his chin, and he fell asleep in my arms. But being open is being open, and I was pretty content myself. Zip has gott … | Continue reading
Maria was starting the wood stove this morning, and Bud, who loves Maria and warmth, was beside her. It was a beautiful image for me, these two strong and loving outsiders sitting by the fire on a chilly Spring Day. Harmony A beautiful scene in the morning. Lulu is down by the … | Continue reading
In meditation and my new breathing exercises, I am becoming a better friend to myself and my body as I get to know both, perhaps for the first time in my life. I’m making the time to do it, and I do it every day. In my spiritual practice, I’m developing a friendship with myself [ … | Continue reading
I don’t recall ever setting foot in the Food Pantry in all the years I lived here, but now, I’m in the building several times a week, thinking about it the rest of the time and taking pictures when I can. It’s not my whole life, but it’s a good chunk of it now, along […] | Continue reading
It was a beautiful, crisp, sunny Spring day. I was exhausted; it had been a challenging week for me. I went out to sit in the warm sun. Maria was away, hiking in the woods with a friend. Zip hopped onto my lab and climbed up on my chest. I started scratching his ears and […] | Continue reading
“For those who don’t know, if you pray a novena to St. Therese of Lisieux, she will sometimes “send” you a rose if your intention is answered. People commonly will find roses in weird places during or after a novena.” – Catholic Lore. I don’t worship St. Terese, but she touches m … | Continue reading
Not every kid in America is on TikTok all day. Some cheerfully and willingly come out to do good, like the ones who help collect the backpacks that go to Central High School for the 70-plus families who go there for food support. These are awfully nice people; I met them this aft … | Continue reading
There is hay in the barn. Yay, a great feeling. We have enough to get us through next May if needed. It’s one of the fascinating rituals of living on a farm—I start planning for winter around the first of May. The farmers first taught me that if you wait until September or Octobe … | Continue reading
Medusa: Deep Space via Nuclear Pulse by Paul Gilster | Apr 17, 2024 | Advanced Rocketry | 5 comments The propulsion technology the human characters conceive in the Netflix version of Liu Cixin’s novel The Three Body Problem clearly has roots in the ideas we’ve been kicking around … | Continue reading
Today was a non-stop work day: blogging, taking photos, running errands, and going to the food pantry to take some pictures. Today, we continue with Day 3 of our Week Long Feed The Children Of The Cambridge Food Pantry Campaign. Today’s food is Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodl … | Continue reading
Today marks the third day of our impactful Children’s Food Support Week. Each day, we’ve been able to provide food support for 66 families and 188 children, all thanks to your generous contributions. Your support has been instrumental in ensuring these families don’t go to bed hu … | Continue reading
I woke up this morning with a choice. I could go on my Iphone and see Donald Trump whining and lying again, or I could go outside and see what the sun was doing with my flowers. I made the right choice. I felt peace and contentment seconds later. When I look at a sunrise, […] | Continue reading
The Spring sun is here, which is good news for a photographer. It lights up our windows and the succulents and flowers Maria keeps putting in them and moving around to catch the light and sun. She also always arranges and re-arranges the flowers. She knows I will spot them and ph … | Continue reading
16 April Sheep In The Morning, Close-Up by Jon Katz Share This Email Read or Post a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the … | Continue reading
One of the many reasons I love Maria so much is that she is, at the core, pure love. Her love of the animals has touched me and has been a joy to watch and learn from. Every day, she brings some gourmet treats to the Imperious Hens, who come rushing up to eat out […] | Continue reading