Category Archives: Photo

Jan DeGaetani and Houlka, MS

Posted on April 30, 2017 by dhaines54

I’ve got a lot on my mind, Friends. I have friends who marched in Washington yesterday for the environment. One tells me today she is beleaguered by all she heard on the streets. It’s bad. To be in Washington now … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Dawn's Journey, Photo, Quotes, Reflecting on Jan, Reflection | Tagged art, Artist, artists, classical music, Colum McCann, Cycling, FoxNews, Houlka, Jan DeGaetani, March on Washington, NEA, Rails to Trail, Tanglefoot Trail, Tim Daly, Tucker Carlson, Washington DC, Water Valley | 8 Comments

Update

Posted on February 27, 2017 by dhaines54

Feb 27, 2017 Friends, Have you had a chance to read recent posts on Jan, my travels, the writing of this book? Here’s an update: I’ve been staying with my dear friend of over 30 years, Risa Lavelle in her … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Dawn's Journey, Friday Roundup, Images, Photo, Reflection | Tagged Acupuncture, Barbara Ann Martin, Bodyworkrevolution.com, Bon Mot, Bucknell College, Cantata Singers, Chopin, David Hoose, Digby County NS, George Sand, Jorge Mester, Laughter yoga, Lexington MA, Michael Beattie, Minuteman Bikeway, Mozart, Patriot League Swimming, Rick Agran, Wolfeboro NH | Leave a comment

Mentor

Posted on February 14, 2017 by dhaines54

Hello, Friends, I’m working on the years Jan studied at Juilliard from 1951-1955. For those of us lucky enough to have studied with Jan, we know the names of her beloved early teachers, men she often spoke of and wrote about … Continue reading →

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Mozart in the Jungle

Posted on February 10, 2017 by dhaines54

So, I’ve been wanting to write about this gem of a comedy Mozart in the Jungle streaming on Amazon Prime. I saw its previews a year or so ago, discovered it was “based on” Blair Tindall‘s memoir: Mozart in the Jungle: … Continue reading →

Posted in Dawn's Journey, Fun Research Tidbit, Photo, Reflecting on Jan, Reflection | Tagged Amazon Prime, Blair Tindall, classical music, Eastman School of Music, Fred Sherry, Jan DeGaetani, Mozart in the Jungle, New York City | Leave a comment

When They Return

Posted on February 4, 2017 by dhaines54

Just now, I drove up Route 1A along the southern coast of Maine to my sister’s house at Moody Beach. Because it’s the middle of winter, my view isn’t blocked by tourists traveling bumper to bumper as they glance at … Continue reading →

Posted in Dawn's Journey, Home, Images, Photo, Reflecting on Jan, Reflection | Tagged Cape Neddick Maine, Coastal Maine, Jan DeGaetani, Moody Beach Maine, Phil Stone Photography, York Wild Kingdom | Leave a comment

Act

Posted on January 30, 2017 by dhaines54

Friends: I’ve been on the road. Many roads. Internal, metaphorical, physical. These are hard times. These are churning times. We all experience hardships, challenges, yes, but right now, it feels bigger, more intense, somehow the worst. Maybe because of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dawn's Journey, Photo, Reflection | Tagged Artist, David Bradley, Delta, Dispatches from Pluto, Eulogy for Nigger, Gulf Coast, Hidden Figures, Jan DeGaetani, Loving, Mississippi, New York Times Magazine, OJ: Made in America, Richard Grant, Wallace LA, Whitney Plantation | Leave a comment

Margaret-Love

Posted on January 16, 2017 by dhaines54

In twenty years, I want to be Margaret-Love Denman. Born and raised in the Delta, Oxford, Mississippi, where generations of her family have owned and still run businesses, Margaret-Love invited me to her childhood home where she’s been living again for … Continue reading →

Posted in Dawn's Journey, Home, Images, Photo, Reflection | Tagged A Scrambling After Circumstance, black-eyed peas, collard greens, Delta, Dispatches from Pluto, Fitbit, Margaret-Love Denman, Ole Miss, Oxford, Richard Grant, Santiago de Compostela, University of New Hampshire, Vermont College of Fine Arts | 2 Comments

Cabin in the Woods

Posted on January 10, 2017 by dhaines54

Friends, I’ve been spending some time with my dear old Dad here in Mississippi about 40 miles out from Oxford, a charming university town and home of one of the nation’s oldest and most reputable bookstores, Square Books and Faulkner’s Rowan … Continue reading →

Posted in Dawn's Journey, Images, Photo, Reflection | Tagged Hospice, Margaret-Love Denman, Mississippi Delta, Oxford, Solstice magazine, Square Books, Story Matters, University of Mississippi, Vermont College of Fine Arts | 1 Comment

We Walked the dogs at Wagon Hill

Posted on December 29, 2016 by dhaines54

Friends: It’s been a lovely week or so of much travel, family, spirit, presents, and too many carbs. I flew from Washington DC to Boston on the 20th to spend Christmas with Brian and Sam in Dover, NH, the home … Continue reading →

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Leaf Peeper

Posted on October 14, 2016 by dhaines54

Hello, Friends, So, I took two field trips this week : Tuesday afternoon a group of us drove over “the notch” at Jeffersonville down into Stowe–and of course, we stopped [because you have to stop during leaf season when a … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Vocal Music, Cycling, Images, New England Fall, Photo, Reflection | Tagged Ancient Voices of Children, Brittany West, Dawn Haines, George Crumb, Gondola SkyRide Stowe, Gus's Gals, Jan DeGaetani, Mt. Ascutney, Rail to Trail, The Vermont Studio Center, Walden School | 1 Comment