Boil Water Advisory Cancelled

They have cancelled the boil water advisory, but we are under 8 inches of snow & it is colder than I can remember it being here for several years. It is the new Vancouver in the new world.

The Slinky Family

These are portraits of my beloved friends, the Slinky Family. They visited me this past summer in Vancouver. We had fun slinking & slunking around this fine city in its glorious summerness.

Couldn't Be My Photos, Because I'm In Most of Them

They are Chris Randle's photos. This is the butoh we do on the beach. The next performances will be August 11 & 12, 2007. It's called the Wreck Beach Butoh Project & Kokoro Dance puts it together & choreographs the group. It sure beats war as an activity!

My Photos of Great Art by Other Artists

These are all from a visit to the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco this past summer.

Butoh on the Beach Trios, photos by Chris Randle

I Love My Work

Today I spoke to my mother & she again asked me how come I left that job I had that gave me a regular salary. These four photos are the reason, & it was worth it. One needs to give one's greatest gift. At this time in my life it seems that mine is helping to build Fools of the Trade.

Trunks in Fairchild Gardens, Miami, Florida

Butoh on the Beach

A welcome addition to my summers has been Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh Project. The two weeks of rehearsal always shake up any notion that I had about being in shape. And my aging brain sharpens up while attempting to learn the choreography as quickly as all of the young dancers. I have just looked at some stunning photos by Chris Randle of the summer 2006 version. There are too many beautiful photos to post at one time, but a cluster of photographs of duos from the performance jumped out. I hope you enjoy them.

This coming summer 2007 the performances will take place on Aug. 11th & 12th in Vancouver. Put it on your 2007 calendar. Or better yet, learn the choreography & dance with us. It is a 2 week devotion, but worth every ounce of energy it takes.

Fairchild Gardens in Miami with my cousin Jane

Here you see Jane & I, an incredible lily pond, a wall of baby orchids & a pineapple. I loved Fairchild Gardens.

Morikami Gardens in Florida

The bird is a female anhinga & it is an iguana in the tree at Morikami Gardens.