This month we celebrate the equinox, the tipping point of winter into spring. The days are noticeably longer, the ice and snow we have endured is yielding and bare ground can be seen once again. This spring is particularly poignant with the the vaccinations for COVID rolling out. A renewed sense of hope that life will return to some form …
Celtic Comfort for Cabin Fever
It’s March and cabin fever is setting in up here in the north eastern USA. We’ve had few days of above average temps, warm enough to cause ice and snow melt and bring on that unmistakable smell of spring to the air but the pandemic lock-down is still a real thing and we’re all tired of it. Allow me to …
Winter’s Grip Is Loosening
As I write this, Vermont is experiencing several nights of single digit temperatures. The night sky has been clear and the vast expanse of space open above us. Stars beckon the imagination. This is the deep of winter. A time when those of us in the northern hemisphere begin to feel antsy. A condition compounded by the restraints of a …
Young Tradition Vermont & Dave Smith
I’m excited to announce our latest additions to the CommArts community: Young Tradition Vermont and Dave Smith of Capture: Video Storytelling. Young Tradition Vermont has been around for nearly 20 years as of this writing. YTV is the vision of Mark Sustic. Mark leans on his experience and desire as a musician, teacher, and event promoter to help children, youth …
It began with a walk
Every morning since Aug. 2020, Patti Casey and I go for an early morning walk in Hubbard Park here in Montpelier, Vermont. On one of our walks in Oct. Patti asked me about the possibility of doing a virtual benefit concert for The Old Meeting House in East Montpelier. We talked about the technical stuff, promotion, payments and revenue distribution …