Big white snowy world outside my door makes me even more hungry to see Emile Nolde's watercolors (suggested by my painting teacher), Sam Francis, and Paul Klee. It's cold and I'm onlyinviting old favorites into my head, maybe I ought to be a bit more receptive to new things but I do need bold reds right now.

Oh, and yesterday was town meeting day in Vermont. Maybe the most democratic and impressive thing I ever saw, my friends, was a genuine town meeting. Come to think of it, that too, was a flash of color in a black and white world, in the green state no less.

take care,
Rachael