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I am a folk musician and a nature photographer. I recently retired as a solar photovoltaic project developer. I have interest in my ancestral heritage, especially the musical and Finnish side. I will be honored when you follow my Substack. Thank you:)
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Oct 10th Concert - Who is Cecilia Vacanti? (opens the original)
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Happy Monday! Below you will find detailed information about our next show and particularly about this up and coming fiddler, Cecilia Vacanti.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="789" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bZ_x!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.co
First full day of autumn (opens the original)
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Good afternoon,Today is the first full day of autumn. The autumn equinox was last night at 8:05 pm. I have been doing mostly morning hikes with my camera … sometimes afternoons. I try to outfit myself with a different lens each time … this forces me to see things differently. Scroll to the bottom for some new images. If you need physical cards, prints and calendars of mine, please visit Handwork in downtown Ithaca.We have a <a href="https://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusicblog/event/canaan-contra-
Some Hints of Autumn (opens the original)
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Happy Thursday afternoon,My music this weekend - Friday morning, my friend Clayton Maybee (guitar) and I (fiddle, feet) play tunes for a small contra dance at Kendal with Casey Carr at 11:00 AM. Yup; am. This happens 1st and 3rd Fridays. The dance is senior friendly and open to non-residents. It is always fun when younger dancers pop in! See https://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusicblog/events/ for parking and etc.T
Andrew VanNorstrand & Cecilia Vacanti: Concert & Musician’s Workshop (opens the original)
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Happy Monday (I hope!) - Below you will find detailed information about our next show. Random coincidence that we have 2 Cecilia’s in a row. The previous was a band (with é) this one is an amazing fiddler from CNY, trained at Berklee.If you make it past the all the performer info, there are a few images from a recent morning hike of mine.<im
Hammond Hill and 9.11 (what?) (opens the original)
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Good morning,It has been awhile since I have written about Hammond Hill State Forest and outdoorsy trail topics. All the talk about 9.11 happening 25 years ago pulled up a couple memories for me.Most of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing that morning. I was driving to my work at the family business (Ludgate Farms) and was completely clueless until I arrived and our bookkeeper, Jessie, said “Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God - did you hear what just happened?” She brought me u
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