Category: performance

• Marathon Sunday

  

  Today is the last Sunday of May and, thus Marathon Sunday here in Burlington; today’s run, a yearly ritual, marks the transition to summer. It is a lovely early summer day, a high, cloud-flecked sky dominating the horizon. Such days are welcome now, after weeks of rain, especially as the week ahead looks to be…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 28, 2017

  Climate Change, Disability, performance

  disability, Marathon, ritual, Summer

• Sunday Morning

  After months of unseasonably warm temperatures and drought, Thursday the chill and rain came, causing one local meteorologist to write, “Finally, Fall!”. Yesterday we drove down to Dartmouth College for a conference. Although the drive was wet, and took longer than we had planned, we enjoyed the foliage, which at the lower elevations was brilliant,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 23, 2016

  Arts, Climate Change, performance, spirituality, Stories

  Arts, autumn, nature, puppetry, stories

• Song and Memory

  Autumn is working its way down the hillsides. In our valley we are yet to arrive at peak; here near the lake the foliage is deceptively green with patches of vibrant color. The weather remains much too warm and dry, although we had a hard freeze away from the lake a couple of nights ago.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 16, 2016

  Arts, native american, performance, Shamanism

  autumn, genocide, Guy Mendilow Ensemble, performance, Shamanism, stories