Meeting another Sepia Saturday blogger

Sometimes a blogger becomes a real person to us.

Mike Brubaker has read many of my blogs...and I've read what he publishes each week for Sepia Saturday. It means he knows a lot more about me than I actually know about him, because he usually is focused on describing in great historic detail about the people and instruments from various old photos, including maybe the photographer, and/or some of the family information that he's been able to find.

And this week I was invited to meet Mike and his wife, Charlotte, and have lunch with them. Actually I'd met Charlotte before, several times (see the blog here). I enjoyed our lunch together immensely, and then I invited them to come see my tiny apartment, where we continued our diverse conversations. They certainly are both people of great variety and depth! Stimulating conversation is a minimal way to describe our time together. 

And then Mike gave me a piece of his own working in wood, a small bowl, nicely turned of wood. I forgot the name of it, being of that age and all. (I also posted about it on my other blog Alchemy of Clay, where I focus on art, artists and craftsmanship.)

It is certainly a nice piece, which I would choose in a craft display for myself. But to know that he made it makes it very special of course. So I searched my shelves and offered a small pot to them, with some blue glaze floating down into the green of celadon on the exterior.

Of course we had to have a selfie for all of us to enjoy. 

Charlotte and I shared our love of Terry Pratchett's books, and I thought I had all of them, but she knew a few I didn't own (yet.) I admit to not having copies of the younger adult series about the wee MacFeegels and their queen, Tiffany (?)  But I have read them all!

It was fun learning more about the places this couple have been, how they've made decisions to, say, live in Asheville NC after Savanah GA. 

Mike shared with me the need of the orchestra's for an audience, to have that relationship between the two bodies of people, one making music, and one appreciating/listening to it. We discussed Black Mountain College and John Cage's approach to music.

And building a friendship with such warm, knowledgeable, talented people...I'm truly grateful for this opportunity to get to know them. 

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Today's humor:

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Current events:

 Just a reminder, if you Americans choose to make an economic impact against the millionaires who are reaping the tax benefits as Musk sends thousands of Civil Service employees out the door. Today I start my Boycott of Amazon (including Prime TV shows!)

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My family album sharing:

Middle son on l, Russ, maybe 4 years old, and oldest son on r. Marty at 7 (perhaps 1971)

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Today's quote:

Le Corbusier, architect painter, a sculptor, and a writer said, “A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe.” also said: “Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”

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Today's art:

Van Gogh, "Houses Seen from Back," December 1885-February 1886

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Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week...a bit off the topic, but then we might consider portraits with haircuts and the subject with mouth open...as somewhat similar (see below for March 8!) I can't wait to see what Mike Brubaker posts this week!

 Here is the composite of March themes that have been proposed.