As his legacy?

March 20, 2020May 4, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

Legacy 1 — Who would have anticipated this back in 2016?

Put me in the top circle

March 20, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Of the witch-hat houses I’ve seen to date, this comes closest to the shape I envisioned for my novel What’s Left. I like the way the top room in the tower connects to the attic rather than the master bedroom. Now, if the place were only pink to match the one in the story.

Pepper up close

March 18, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Ever wonder what your pets are thinking?

Gardeners’ mecca

March 18, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

It doesn’t look like much, this former chicken barn at 688 Bellsqueeze Road up in Clinton, Maine, but it and a larger shed behind it are the operations center for Fedco Seeds, a seed and garden supply co-op geared toward the Northern New England climate. (I had to get that name in, Bellsqueeze, it’s a real, longstanding country road.) Members vouch for its high quality, low prices, and range of selections.

Well, they do call this a warehouse, even if you are welcome to stop by to browse and buy. Mostly, it’s mail order.

I wish this were in better focus

March 16, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Vanity No. 11 … from JJW’s auto plate archive of when personal expression hits the road.

Inspired by a Shaker spirit

March 14, 2020December 1, 2019 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

In my novel NEARLY CANAAN, Jaya searches in her spare time for an means of personal expression that isn’t quite poetry or prose but somehow truer to her spiritual stirrings. After I finished drafting the book, I came upon an exhibit of Shaker gift drawings and writings channeled by one member of the monastic community to be presented to another. Sometimes these would also originate as song, and an unique form of musical notation also arose.

Here are a few examples.