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Summer camp in Vermont was the most formative experience of my childhood. Each summer for 8 weeks I came fully alive at Aloha Hive and Aloha Camp. Deep, lasting friendships bloomed like wildflowers,...
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The K&K Studio is open for hands-on creativity for anyone and everyone. Simple projects, with all the materials included, are offered by announcement or appointment. We paint, glue and create, just...
View ArticleAtlanta
Just back from Atlanta, Georgia where the weather was nearly as wintery as it is here in Vermont this week. Staying with friends while I was there, I actually slept in my coat. It was that cold. But...
View ArticleUpper Valley Weddings & Events
Big milestones in life offer opportunities to assess what has real meaning to you. They are rare moments at which you can ask yourself what really matters to you, what moves you, what has brought you...
View ArticleWhat is Kith & Kin?
Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant. — Maya Angelou Kith and Kin means “friends and family” in Old English. It seemed like the perfect name for a business that is all about bringing family and...
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My nephews turned 18 today. Twins, they are identical in appearance — both handsome, both 6 feet+ tall with shy smiles and long limbs that seem only loosely attached to their rangy frames — but are...
View ArticleConsider the Easter Egg
Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. ― M.F.K. Fisher Consider the egg. The architecture: thin layers of calcium and hydrogen carbonate, with palisade...
View ArticleKith & Kin: The Movie
Seen this? Kith & Kin: the Movie! is out on a computer screen near you! The post Kith & Kin: The Movie appeared first on Kith & Kin Blog.
View ArticleYour Party: Trumpets, Banjos, Violins!
Music can make an event. I mean, make it. I’m talking about live music, played in the moment, by actual people. I think of a party as being made up of ‘colors’ on a three-dimensional, life-size canvas,...
View ArticleAt the Heart of Kith & Kin
Three-generations of the Allen family came to the studio this morning to try their hand at Pysanka egg decorating. My neighbor Jaci had decided to treat her two delightful (grown-up) children, their...
View ArticleCatherine Abegg: Capturing the Real
I have become a devout follower of my friend, photographer Catherine Abegg’s, blog. I’m taking liberties in calling her my friend. We’ve only met once. I got her name from Heidi Murphy, another very...
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