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Entries from May 2008

Oil of Haemony – Beltaine Frost

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

vintage photo of Ruth Etting

Two new tracks are included on Webbed Hand Records latest ambient music compilation. “Beltaine Frost” is my first solo recording, released under the project name Oil of Haemony. The piece is acoustic and abstract, composed using samples of the same 3 note melody played on an autoharp, ukulele, and banjo ukulele. I’ve also used my [...]

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Spring Surprises

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Every year the tulip bulbs are planted in clusters according to color and every year the squirrels rearrange them for me.

Evening primroses growing up right through the mulch under the lettuce bed. A mystery. I would never plant [...]

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Come First of May

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

A lovely way to start the first morning of May is with a reminder of Lord Whimsy’s post about David Brenner’s moss garden. I love moss and don’t care much obsessively trimmed blandscapes. There is a small cottage up [...]

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