Taken on 35mm slide film some thirty years ago; this was one of my friend Mike Hamer’s favorite shots of the area where he was born and raised.
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Mike was one of my oldest and dearest friends, going back to undergraduate days at the University of Vermont. He passed away December 10, 2017, some thirty years after a diving accident left him a quadriplegic. But he hardly missed a beat, and continued to live a rich and full life in the midst of a wonderful community of friends and family, all the while writing and playing music and teaching at East Carolina University. You can hear him talk about his life in an interview from 2010 with Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio here.
A song we wrote, Lonely Surfer Boy from Vermont – recorded by the Ultra Brothers here, (turn it up! and try it in mono) – had some legs but, uh, never cracked the Billboard charts.
I hope you’re enjoying the Celestial Music, my friend. We miss you here.
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An old favorite, taken with 35mm slide film, a good hundred yards offshore.
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Early morning on the cove; the main street in town is out behind those buildings.
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Another view looking out toward North Cove; the title is a direct quote from a neighbor of ours on the renovation of this property, and its recent selling price.
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Old Saybrook is one beautiful town, situated as it is at the mouth of the CT River. Here’s one of our favorite destinations for morning walks, about a half mile from where we live.
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The soundtrack for this one was Ry Cooder’s new album Prodigal Son. It’s just a beautiful set of songs, with my favorite on first listen being ‘Jesus and Woody”. He’s one of my longtime musical heroes, for sure.
Taken at the 34th annual “Vintage Treasures” boat show at the Connecticut River Museum last night.
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