So fellow travelers, a truly special guest post today. This link will bring you to a moving and beautiful poem about the love we have for our companion animals written by the talented Kate Rantilla, a fellow Creative Bedlam Group member, someone I am also blessed to call friend and Spirit Sister. Kate is one …
On Making Magic Happen
So fellow travelers, I often refer to the Creative Group of Bedlam Farm, an online community of people started by New York Times Best Selling Author Jon Katz. It is an amazing conglomeration of people from all walks of life who are also writers, photographers, musicians, dancers and artists who paint, draw, zentangle, sew, weave, …
Ho Mitakuye Oyasin: We are All Related
So fellow travelers some of the best moments from the Bedlam Open House weekends are the spontaneous side trips and adventures shared with fellow “farmies.” Those are the times when relationships initiated in the on-line group are forged into genuine friendships. During the open house last October, Donna Bolls asked if I would like to …
Setting Love Free
My friend and creative mentor Jon Katz had to let his sweet dog Lenore go today, taken by a recently discovered painful tumor in her spine. Her death was a sudden and unexpected blow to all of the Bedlam Farm Community. It is impossibly difficult to say goodbye to Love. These words came …
Farewell Simon
So fellow travelers there is one less ass in the world and you may be surprised to learn we are worse off for the loss. I am grateful to have connected with Jon Katz and Maria Wulf through the Bedlam Farm Creative Group. I have made so many wonderful friends as a result of this …
Snoopy meets Daft Punk: Part Six and the Band Played On
So fellow travelers, our band’s moment in Macy’s Parade history is about to unfold. One thing about the illusion created by the massive character balloons is observers lose all perspective of how close things are to their actual location. It’s the same effect created by large mountains visible from a distance like Mt.Hood or Fuji. …
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Snoopy meets Daft Punk: Part Five Balloons Aloft
So fellow travelers, with the Macy’s parade well underway it wont be long ’til we hear the band, but first a few balloons will pass our corner. There was a tangible surge of excitement as the crowds spotted movement up the road. The cheers spread along the curb just ahead of the first wave …
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Snoopy Meets Daft Punk: Part Four Send in the Clowns
So fellow travelers, it’s time to send in the clowns. As I headed through the still dark and quiet streets at Columbus Circle, I heard someone call my name. I turned to see fellow Baldwinsville Band Parents emerging from a nearby subway entrance. I quickly filled them in on the directions I had received from …
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Snoopy Meets Daft Punk: Part Three Parade Day
So fellow travelers the epic journey of our trip to watch the Baldwinsville Marching Band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade continues…. An enhanced snap from Pete’s phone of me slogging through a cold, rainy Nor’Easter swept Times Square Sigh. Finding a good meal when traveling with my Would Be Perfect husband is a …
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Snoopy meets Daft Punk: Part Two a Night at the Museum
So fellow travelers, the journey to NYC and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade continues For a kid growing up in the Bronx, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is as iconic as the Jolly Ole Elf who arrives in town at the parades end. When the announcement came out two years ago that the Baldwinsville Marching Band …
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