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Rich and Abby, snuggling after we’d been gone a week. She was SO HAPPY we were home!

I made dinner tonight. (This sounds mundane, but in my house, Rich does almost all the cooking. Baking, though, is another story.)
My mom’s friend Darby made this fantastic dish for my family many years ago, and I’ve been making it ever since. It doesn’t have a name (that I know) or a written recipe (that [...]

I had written these thoughts in July, and found them yesterday evening:
What I was thinking today while the conversation was swirling around me and over me was empty space. Rich and Rosie were talking about the use of silence in music and dance, but that is not a broad enough recognition of the usefulness and [...]

I now have more images from Sunday up on my Flickr photostream. Check them out!

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Sunday afternoon and early evening, I shot Rich and another saxophonist, Dan Davis, in Ybor City. It was the nicest day we’ve had yet (since what, April?) and so clear and sunny; the light was beautiful. Here are a couple of my favorite shots:

Yesterday Rich and his group, The Forefront, along with John Rodriguez’ Back Five, played a concert benefitting the Sweet Home New Orleans Renew Our Music fund, and the Association for Jazz Education at the University of South Florida.
Some photos:
The Forefront

Back Five

Rich Van Voorst

John Rodriguez

Matt Mill

Matt Gawlick

Alejandro Arenas

Rich and I finished his studio/ man cave, and here is what it looks like: