So, by about this time tomorrow, the gallery show will be nearing its end, and this whole Salt thing will have culminated, leaving me wondering exactly what it was that just happened to me, and more pointedly, what I am supposed to do now. While I’m sure that both will sort themselves out in due [...]

A story needs tension.
I need to find the “quirky” aspects to characters, dialogue and setting.
Otto makes really good pizza (even with mashed potatoes–who knew?!)
No matter how much I depend upon my laptop, I still like pen and paper.
Having fresh eyes look at my work makes all the difference.
Two Fat Cats Bakery is sinfully delicious.
No matter [...]

I started reading a book my brother gave me recently – “Working” by Studs Terkel, and something in the introduction really struck a cord with a lot of the discussions we’ve been having. So, this guy is one of the first documentary style writers (I think, or at least one of the first to document [...]

For those writerly people/ Zinn fans/ SPACE kids out there, SPACE will be a film about the man himself, “Howard Zinn-You Can’t Be Neutral On A Moving Train,” this coming Monday, March 15th at 7:30 (doors at 7). According to the Space Gallery website the film will “[Feature] rare archival materials and interviews with Zinn [...]

- from my computer in the photo room…

and more hairnets…and owl glasses. what more could you ask for, really?

Macon and Tom decided to let out their inner American Gothic and hairnet/beardnet nerdiness. Luckily, I was there with my camera.

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The Dark Night of The Soul

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Here are a couple of radio pieces from Fall 2009! Check out all the radio work from this semester and past ones at PRX (click here).

‘Fiddle-icious’ by Molly Haley

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‘Hide and Seek’ by Amanda Thieroff

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Salt graduation happens the day after the final gallery opening. I can’t tell you exactly what it entails (top secret!), except that each track gets five minutes to represent themselves. This semester, the radio track went all out with a parody of the Saltcast [...]

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A clip from my audio documentary on the naturist community here in Maine. Harry Dixon is an 86-year-old naturist from Lewiston. He told me about his first time going to a nude resort.
I had to let this one go from my final piece because I didn’t know where it would fit… but I knew it [...]