Fallow, Follow—Hail Well Met, Fellows
After nearly 20 years of being an editor—writing headlines every week—I have an unrestrained, uncontrollable, and unconscionable tendency towards alliteration… so, for this, that, and the other, I apologize.
Anyhoo, for those of you who I might be lucky enough to lump into what Stephen King calls his constant reader, I say thank you for hanging with me. Some of you will have noticed my inconsistency (oh, how generous a term) of posting here—including lack of updates that span literal years.
For the last two years, in particular, I've had the good fortune of an extended break, which was absolutely a privileged silver lining of the pandemic. During those breaks, I have embraced the opportunity to jump back into this little passion project of sharing pictures and babbling along like a brook.
Once my “day job” ramps up following our break, updates slow to a stop; a significant part of what I do for hours each day is sit in front of a computer communicating... and communicating... so, much, communicating. So, I rarely leap at the chance to sit at a computer on the weekend, and thus, updates cease, and the idea of writing anything on a mobile device fills me with even more disgust than sitting at a computer, because I didn't learn touch typing for nothing!
For this year, I'm doing my darnedest to carve at least a little time out on a weekend to, as Merlin Mann calls it, make the clackity sound (that is: creative work that includes typing).
So, clackity.
Just a simple image for this post, captured as I parked at work and the sun rose up over the fresh snow of North Greensboro, Vt.
I'll put this image up for sale, but let's make the proceeds beneficial. I'd like to post an image each month, and then dedicate all the proceeds of any sales of prints from the image towards Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc. (AHA). I've had a lifelong interest in indigenous peoples, especially in the Northeast, and whatever small assistance I might be able to offer is well worthy.
From their website:
AHA “Abenaki Helping Abenaki” Inc. (“AHA”), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization primarily created for charitable, religious, and educational purposes. AHA’s mission is to preserve the culture, community awareness, charitable endeavors, and outreach of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki People (“Nulhegan Band”). AHA provides various educational resources to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of the Nulhegan Band and other Native American students. Also, AHA supplies community members with healthy food and necessary essentials in times of need. Lastly, AHA is committed to educating Nulhegan Band citizens and other Native Americans on traditional, organic, agriculture, and sustainable living.
