RETREAT, RENEW, RECHARGE

July and August in Vermont.  What I didn't have: Easy access to the Internet. Enough forks and spoons. Or pots and pans. 

Furniture. A washer or dryer.

What I did have: A tiny toad in the back yard on dew-laden mornings.

N. C. Wyeth thunderstorm skies.

A birthday table, with dear friends.

A double rainbow of hope, the day before I left.

And when I returned to my Phoenix studio? A sudden deluge of creativity.