This image is on the cover of the current (winter) edition of the Essex Events magazine, featuring an article on the Ivoryton Library, quietly humming along now for 142 years.
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I love photographs with one foot in the world of color, and the other in black and white. This was actually taken on January 1 a few years ago.
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On this the last day of 2011, how to sum up the year here and around the globe? This image for one – which got me thinking about Anna Nalick’s song Just Breathe, from 2005 – my vote for the soundtrack of 2011.
Lyrics and original recording here, and a live acoustic performance here.
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This and another mural, the History of Women in Northampton, can be found bordering the parking lot between Main and Masonic streets.
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The winter solstice, or the “return of the light”, has been celebrated across the globe from time immemorial. Christmas Day, the annual observance of the birth of Jesus Christ, is generally believed to have borrowed heavily from those earlier solstice traditions. The candlelight service here is at the Deep River Congregational Church.
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It’s increasingly rare to find a stand of these in New England; invasive swamp grasses have moved in on a grand scale. These plants used to be a food staple, different parts used at different times of the year; perhaps they will make a comeback via the localvore movement.
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It’s early December and snow has already fallen here a few times; small ponds in the area are iced over. Time for some good books and a good woodpile; winter is on its way.
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This image was stitched together from three overlapping compositions on color film. It’s the time on the river after the boats are gone, and before the eagles make their return for the winter.
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