What I remember about FreshGrass festivals in the last 10 years or so is all over the map. It’s a mild fall day and I’m in the courtyard playing Farewell to Whiskey …
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Studios open and kilns and conversations – #berkshiresweekend
In the next week we can make paper out of old jeans, or see a potter lift the top off a raku kiln while the bowls inside are glowing like molten glass … Artsweek Berkshires is coming back.
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How many native wildflowers bloom in the fall? – #berkshireweekend
Walking through wildflowers taller than I am makes me want to laugh and lie back and watch the sky … they give perspective.
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Three days to chase the end of summer – #berkshireweekend
A long weekend of quiet days … what should we do? I may explore the Taconics, or the book festivals, or spiderwebs of art at PS21 and Hancock Shaker Village.
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Catching the golden hours of summer – #Berkshireweekend
Sweet corn and peaches … the flavors mean late summer. We have a good month more of warm weather, but we feel the year begin to turn when the golden rod shows in the meadows.
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You were only waiting for this moment to be free — #Berkshireweekend
In the heart of a Shaker garden, Pinaree Sanpitak has made an affirmation of life and force in a woman’s body and a Buddhist sacred space.
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Have you felt wet clay or paint in your hands? #this weekend
Dark streaks across the surface like water on sandstone or ink in manga. Tauba Auerbach says she will graze the wet paint on the canvas with a rounded tool to make these ‘quivering … emergent forms.’
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Field trips in an unexpected world #this weekend
It’s the season for field trips and picnics in the Berkshires … sourdough bread and iced coffee, or roadside stands with peach ice cream.
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Breathing space in the heat of summer #this weekend
We’re sharing iced coffee and a palm-sized blueberry pie — my old friend Teresa is here for the weekend, and we have been getting lost at Tanglewood.
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We’re talking about good vibrations #this weekend
The scythe feels surprisingly light when I lift it. It swings through the clover easily, and the movement feels natural, though I know I’ll get smoother with practice …
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