Last Sunday night a bunch of us gathered in a friend’s basement. We loaded up the CD player and practiced our salsa, cha cha, rumba, east coast and west coast swing, and even the waltz, which is what ML and I are doing in this photo. Yes, my friend painted the Cat-in-the-Hat on the wall and the cute…
Category: Dance
Dance as Metaphor
Learning to be a good Argentine Tango follower is about surrender. So in Saturday’s “Followers’ Workshop” we practiced exercises in trust (yes, gently tipping to the side or backwards or frontwards with our eyes closed, trusting that someone would break the fall), feeling our partner’s weight change and again, with eyes closed, being in tune…
About Last Night
The outfit’s half the fun. As much as I love the slower pace of New Hampshire, sometimes there’s no better alternative to Boston’s dance scene. Tango de los Muertos is an annual event that runs four days and attracts dancers from everywhere. I mean … everywhere!
A Starlit Night
This is one of my photos. However, if a scary “privacy alert” hadn’t come up, I’d have posted an official “Dancing with the Stars” graphic for this post. On Tuesday night we joined thousands of other fans for a fabulous Dancing with the Stars on Tour show in Manchester, NH. The hand-applied rhinestones on the more than…
A very busy Saturday
Much of the day: Eating Clean book selling and food sampling event at my gym. So many people amazed and delighted that such a sweet treat as the Fruit ‘n Nut Spread indeed makes for clean eating and it’s delicious, too. Lots of activity, lots of chat, lots of fun. In spite of the high heels….
Kinesthetic Inspiration from my Yoga Mat
Although I dreamt of becoming a ballerina, our family’s move to an island 30 miles at sea put the kibash on my beloved ballet classes. Those were the days when I lived in my hand-me-down, oversized leotard, tights (they might have been oversized and previously worn as well) and a pair of Capezio ballet slippers with the…
Monday Mosaic, my Thanksgiving for flickr
1. turning twenty baby quilt – rick rack, 2. ornament idea #3, 3. vintage pillowcases, 4. Contentment, 5. gusto por la vida., 6. peeling potatoes, 7. A poda…, 8. Summit cow, 9. Toucas´, 10. Gardens of Hollyhocks and Roses, 11. Bolerito Teen (B 6010), 12. Almoço Created with fd’s Flickr Toys. If I were to…
Full Moon Influence
This morning I woke up reluctantly. It was another vivid dream, the third this week. Could it be the full moon? But that’s now gone by. Or maybe it was watching The Secret for the third time and spending time writing my revised affirmations. Or perhaps it’s simply a confluence of all of the past…
Argentine Tango, a New Focus
Since finding my way back to photography (thank you Julia Cameron and your book, The Artist’s Way) and enjoying a love affair with my digital SLR camera, I have discovered that I love photographing dancers dancing. A bit of a leap from domestic still-lifes or gorgeous garden blossoms. But a passion and subject of creative…
Meet Zelda
Allow me to introduce my new friend and housemate, Zelda. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be included in Mimi Kirchner‘s first soft-doll workshop. She opened up her home to a small group of us, including a fellow blogger and Mimi fan. What a treat and privilege to see Mimi’s working studio up-close-and-personal! This was…