Black Cat Cafe in Irvington, NY with our good friends Paul Harris (on flute) and Andrew V. Craig

 There's nothing so humbling as playing farmers' markets, especially when it's the last market of the season and you have to wear gloves while tuning up.

  In the green room before opening for Mouths of Babes at Common Ground Coffeehouse, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

 RiverArts Music Tour performances at Purpl and Upstream Gallery

 First photo: The Duplex, New York City
Second photo: The Music Box, Craftsbury, VT

 At Dar Williams' summer songwriting retreat in Garrison, NY

 One of our favorite (and most productive) places to work on our music is the house we rent for a week each October in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. (Note the third old dog on the deck with Jim.)

Other houses, other weekends, other songs.  In one house, the writing was on the wall. In another, we left the writing on the fridge.

Individual photos of Jim and Mark: Photos by John Maggiotto
Photo of Jim and Mark: Photo by Paul Harris
Photo of Mark, Jim, and dog Lily: Photo by Tim Lamorte

We got an early start, although Mark didn’t pick the guitar up again until years later. And Jim has no memory of that banjo. He does, however, remember the cap.

 Katryna Nields, of The Nields, with her husband Dave Chalfant, performing at our wedding in Dorset, VT, September 17, 2011

 First photo: Jim with his daughter Zoey in Boston, where she lives and performs with Voices Rising, an amazing women’s choir. Check them out if you’re in the area.
Second photo: At a friend’s wedding in Maine (same hat, different state).