Quimby Colony, Portland, Maine

While at the Vermont Studio Center a friend reintroduced me to Nina Simone. There are a few songs that I just can’t get enough of…and am trying to live by.

“Life is to short to have sorrow

You may be here today and gone tomorrow

You might as well get what you want

So go on and please tell it like it is…”

Performed by Nina Simone; Songwriters: George Davis; Lee Diamond

Since I last wrote I’ve been so many places – the Penobscot Bay area of Maine; Washington DC; Penland, NC; back to Maine – Deer Isle, and finally Portland. I often lose track of the days and all of the experiences. Here’s some info from my past six weeks:

1. Driving from Vermont to Maine takes much more time than I had estimated. And New Hampshire is bigger than I ever imagined. 
2. Penland has awesome food. Haystack has awesome views.
3. I can work on my laptop while riding a bus from Bangor, ME to Washington DC, (with only some interrupted internet reception).
4. Everyone in Asheville, NC is very kind. (I was grounded in Asheville due to Hurrican Irene.)
5. My yoga practise has continued to be a grounding daily ritual. Along my travels this summer I’ve studied with 5 (new to me) yoga teachers. Here in Portland I’m so lucky to have the opportunity to reconnect with one of my Santa Fe yoga teachers who moved up to Portland a few years ago, Jennifer Morrison. 
6. The project for next summer is coming together slowly but surely. The current working title is Harbor Maiden. And my adoration for boats continues to grow. I saw my first regatta and was like a kid in a candy shop.
7. I turned 37 this past Sunday. 
8. In the past 6 weeks I’ve been fortunate to meet over 250 incredibly talented artists from all over the world.

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The best way to contact me from now through October will be on my cell, 505-699-7156, or by email.

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		September and October, 2012 Residency at the Quimby Colony, Portland, Maine www.quimbycolony.org