Exhibit Feb 22 - March 8, 2009
Schoolhouse Museum - Ridgewood Historical Society
650 East Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ

Images from the Invisible Light Collection in addition to the beginnings of the CCC Legacy project.  The Civilian Conservation Corps - CCC - was the most successful program of FDR’s New Deal. Designed to assist young, single, unemployed men, during the Great Depression, combat hunger, poverty and economic adversity by working on conservation projects nationwide.  Enhancing and improving the state and national park system we enjoy today. 

Hours and information
http://www.kathleenduxbury.com/Exhibit.html

“Skillful pilots gain their reputations from storms and tempests”
Epicurus – Greek philosopher, BC 341-270
                

Of this I have no doubt.

But do they begin a journey knowingly heading into one?

Weather reports warned of impending wind, rain and possible tornados.

                                            
NYC skyline and the
Hudson River Harbor 
 

Grateful for the opportunity to exhibit from the collection                        “Seeking the Invisible Light”.
Cottage Place Gallery is such a beautiful location.
It was well received and supported.

Thank you.

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.  -  Henry David Thoreau,  1817 - 1862
             
Once inside the protective branches of this enormous tree the silence was profound and the lighting was enveloping and soft.
                     
 I envisioned Tolkeins’ Middle Earth.
                           
Copper Beech
New York State

        
“This seems to me an ingenious thing, little used, but of great usefulness.”  
From Vannoccio Biringuccio’s book on metallurgy “Pirotechnica” published 1540.   
                                   
When  RV’ing the likelihood of repairs is an accepted part of the journey. Necessitating  the towing  of a vehicle laden with tools and parts. Even the hitch, which attaches the car to our vintage bus, may need mending.

“When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For their tomorrow, we gave our today”
-The Kohima Epitaph
 attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875 – 1958)
                   
 “A nation that does not honor its heroes, will not long endure.”
President Abraham Lincoln    

Memorial Day
Ridgewood, New Jersey 
                 
Link to Multi-Media Tribute

“ Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.”  Oscar Wilde   

 With ten minutes remaining in the National Division III championship game, it was Plymouth State 5 to Furman University 17.   In a stunning turnaround the PSU Norsemen tied  the score .  Grasping the momentum they  emerged victorious a few minutes into overtime with a final score of 22 - 17.

Driving home the adage “Never Give Up”
  

Tournament Images - Slideshow  

2008 National Collegiate – Div 3 -  Rugby Tournament    
Hamilton CollegeClinton, N.Y.

Alan West spent countless hours restoring the1940 Ford Coupe
that he brought to race at the “Monster Mile”.    

 “Land Speed Racing is a unique sport that consists of very determined people who drive specially prepared cars, hot rods, roadsters,  lakesters, motorcycles,  streamliners, and even Diesel trucks ……  Unlike most other forms of racing there’s no big purse money, so these people do it with innovation, hard work and a lot of dedication.”  www.landspeedracerssocal.org

Laurinburg-Maxton airfield
Maxton, N.C.

“Spring - An experience in immortality.”
-   Henry D. Thoreau                               

                             
Testing the Fuji IS-1

    Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.  William Penn                      
   On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England granted a New World colony to William Penn, a Quaker, as payment for a debt of 16,000 pounds owed to Penn’s father.  Perhaps more likely the king was glad that the Quakers and political outsiders would now have their own colony, far away from England
 Penn, a city planner  envisioned a perfect city, later to be called Philadelphia.  His design was with the citizens in mind.  Including a “Centre Square”. A place where all citizens could “congregate, enjoy the day and create discussion”.   

325 years later, with the restoration of City Hall in progress, Philadelphians continue to live with Penn’s vision.

                                                          
City Hall
Philadelphia, PA