Stopped by the Image Loft in Manchester, Vt.  to sign and number the photos for the show – limited edition photographs for “Portraits Of My Life,” my photo show at the Redux Gallery, in Dorset, Vt. on January 9. There will be a reception – open to the public, and free – from 3 to 6 p.m. The Image Lost does my photographic printing and framing, and their work is amazing – the photos look rich and sharp. Lot of work to do. Back to the Image Loft for more signing Monday and Tuesday, and then we hang the show in Dorset on Wednesday.

Maria and the poet Mary Kellogg will be there, and some friends. And me. And Izzy.

I’ll be talking about photography, and the impact it has had on my life. And selling an eclectic mix of portraits from my life, including the dogs and some farmscapes and stinky trucks. It’s a special way to kick off 2010 for me. It will hopefully be  a creative year.  I am working on a book of short stories. Will publish my first novel in 20 years, “Rose In A Storm.” Have another photo show in August at LARAC (Glens Falls) where I will also be teaching two story-telling workshops, one in March, the other in April. And finishing my third children’s book (two are done and scheduled for publication in 2011. This, I suppose, is why I need to learn how to meditate. Slow the mind down.

The photo show will be interesting. Trying to sell some of the photos as cheaply as possible, influenced in part by Maria’s great and artistic success with her potholders.

Art shows have always seem a bit intense, even presumptuous, for me, but Christine Nemec’s gallery is comfortable and very interesting, and we hope the reception will be the same. The photos will be up in the gallery for the month of January.