New York City with girlfriends

Anne, Laura and I moments before
an extraordinary performance
during a delightful evening in NY

The Metropolitan Opera
Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano (Leonora)
Marcelo Alvarez, tenor (Manrico)


















Girlfriends at Carnegie Hall, the following evening


Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Piazzola's Four Seasons (Cuatro estaciones porteñas)
Talented interpretation, elegant arrangement for strings

Another visit to Arizona

Il Grand Canyon. Natura maestosa, immensa, perfetta. Impossibile riprodurre l'esperienza attraverso le immagini. Piú difficile ancora con parole.
























Immagini dal South Kaibab Trail




















Gli animali sono gli unici a percorrere il sentiero per trasporto di elementi basilari. In fondo al Canyon, il fiume Colorado scorre sotto un sole invernale, piacevolmente tiepido.



















Natura superlativa


e il primo sole del mattino dal Bright Angel Trail
"fermati attimo, perche tu sei bello"




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Skiing in Vermont, 2009

This winter Ian decided ski racing was fun, after all


and picked up a few medals, including one from the hands
of Jimmy, at the Cochran's Sl













Thomas has been going strong, moving down in points and

entertaining viewers, with his wild moves and unique personality
(including his trademark pink gator and risking a DQ for a bare torso)



Christian found himself forerunning the Women's
World Cup speed events in Tarvisio, Italy


then back on Inverness






















and racing the first sanctioned Slalom
at Cochran's (memorable)












In my case, this winter I decided to pick up cross-country
skiing again, after a few years away from it.

A morning skate on Middlebury's Breadloaf trails, is perfect before class


I also free skied (when powder was plenty or the weather reasonable)



















.. did a little racing for a Prof's team at work (the Wobblies)...


... and coached a few weekends (still great fun after all these years!)







(Below is a view of Exterminator to the right and Upper FIS to the left)

Winter at Sugarbush from the summit

To the West,

Lake Champlain and New York's Adirondack Mountains


White Face (Lake Placid) is barely visible in the haze


To the North, the range continues... next stop, Canada



To the East,

the Mad River Valley and Mt Washington in the distance




Looking down,

A view of Upper FIS

(again, here from below)




















And an early morning moon over Mt Ellen, on my way to a race

San Manuel, Bs As