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Ball

Photo and recording made at Centennial Field in Burlington, VT on 07/27/2019 at a Lake Monsters vs Brooklyn Cyclones game (my phone told me that).
It was “Star Wars night” and there were storm troopers there. (R2-D2 too).

Tui

A little sonic postcard from Aotearoa, the Māori name for New Zealand, which translates to ‘land of the long white cloud.’
Thanks to James and Ali for the greetings from down under!
Tui birds photographed on Great Barrier Island (NZ) in January, 2017. Tui birds recorded on Kapiti Island (NZ) on 01/25/2017.

Desk

It’s been a busy week. This is a conversation with some things on my desk.
Desk sounds recorded on 12/12/2020. Chicken sounds from freesound.org
Photo of desk plan taken on 10/08/2020, a day when my desk was cleaner. I figure you’d rather see a pretty plant than my messy desk.

KAN

These people are learning a kan ha diskan, a call and response song in Breton, the Celtic language spoken in Brittany, France. The recording was made on 03/07/2019 in a class at le Conservatoire de musiques et d’art dramatique de Quimper (CMAD), an art and music school in Quimper, Brittany.
At the beginning you…

Time

Cuckoo clock photographed and recorded in my living room in Burlington, VT at (guess what time?) on 12/10/2020
The clock was a gift from my amazing sister, @thejuliefrost

SNOW

Poem by Wendell Berry from his collection “Leavings,” (Counterpoint, 2009)
Steps, snow and poem recorded in my backyard in Burlington on 12/09/2020…in the snow.

Wheels

Recorded during a spin on the Burlington Bike Path; bikes crossing the Winooski River on the bike path bridge between Winooski and Colchester
Photo snapped on the Dequindre Cut Greenway  bike path  in Detorit, 06/19/2020

Pipes

Bagpipe sounds produced by Timothy Cummings; recorded by me on 12/05/2020 in Burlington, VT
I took this photo on 09/09/2018 at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT

Elliot

Game of I Spy with my cousin (first once removed) Elliot recorded in Burlington, VT on 04/16/2018
This photo was taken on Elm St. in Montpelier, VT on 02/23/2017

Tunes

This photo and recording were made during the Young Tradition Vermont festival on May 2, 2019. Genticorum performed at the BCA center on Church Street.
After the show people walked across the street for the “festival club” jam session under a disco ball at the Half Lounge.
The jam was led by the band…