Snagged moments

The last month has been a little crazy - one final move, a second MFA submission, my first freelance journo gig after leaving the Monitor. I tried to catch a few photos for my "American Spirit" project in between things (I also gathered a lot of inspiration from the Norman Rockwell this museum after visiting this last week). 

Here's to hoping these posts become more regular, and in the meantime, a few photos from around the Berkshires.

1. The beautiful: I couldn't help but stop alongside the old Green River Farms fields in Williamstown and by Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield on a perfect, early August afternoon. 

2. Revisiting revitalization: Remember all those sunrise photos? I went back to one site of renewal, Greylock Works. The 150-year-old North Adams cotton spinning mill is undergoing redevelopment as a new hotel, condominiums, a value-added food production space and an event space. Brooklyn couple, Karla Rothstein and Sal Perry of LATENT Productions, are working on the project. Karla told me they invested in the property because of how great the underlying structure was, and the opportunity it presented to be a mid-way point between the Williamstown and North Adams cultural scenes.

3. The Great American Solar Eclipse: Well...duh. Met cousins Lennon Kirby, 4, Reigahn Henderson, 8, and Lennon's mom Raya, all of North Adams, Mass. They sat Raya's mother, Beth Fedotowsky, of Williamstown, in the fields behind the Williamstown Elementary School. Amazingly apolitical day about pure, natural wonder.