Jul 17, 2015 | About Peter Stilton
Yesterday I was up, as usual, at 4:30 when the sun rose where the moon had been only minutes before. By 7, I was the only person in the Acadia National Park, Schoodic Point, just as I used to be when I had a weekend retreat just outside Yosemite National Park in...
Jul 13, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Peter's Musings
Life in Maine is turning out to be a complete change from life in Florida. My focus has been settling in the new (c.1880’s) farmhouse and spending as much time as possible at Schoodic Point (Acadia National Park ),just down the road. When Louise Dickenson Rich...
Jul 5, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Peter's Musings
This is something that is on a “wish list,” as the barn in Maine is in need of quite a bit of work…maybe two or three year’s worth. So I will be working in the house, and on the side porch, which will be fine, as the light is excellent. ...
Jun 19, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Peter's Musings
Now that I have left a teaching career spanning over four decades, I have to return to the scene of the crime for one last look before closing that book. That career has included full and part time positions with eight universities and colleges in California, New...
Jun 12, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Peter's Musings, Poetry and Prose
A few days ago, I was searching for a particular poem to include in a blog, and one out of several hundred poems in the folder cried out to me: “pick me, I need to be read!” So I am going to publish that poem after a short preface. The “Farm”...
Jun 8, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Art Teachings, Peter's Musings, Poetry and Prose
For the third week now we are up in the 90’s in the day, often with storms in the afternoon or evening. If you take a nap, waiting for the rain, it feels like this– “Summer Diptych” ( a poem by Peter Stilton) The lazy lassitude Of dew drenched...
May 29, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Art Teachings
This is about doing the impossible. I have designed and painted college theatre sets and transferred what I learned from that to commercial and residential projects. A few posts ago I described the somewhat dramatic rescue of a neighbor, which led to transforming her...
May 22, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Art Teachings
As an artist, I have many goals, some of which I have achieved. Many are on the “back burner.” As an undergraduate history major, and with master’s degrees in Early Christian and Byzantine art history and in Cinema, I find my default is the European...
May 18, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Peter's Musings
I have really looked forward to writing each and every blog that has been posted on our new site in the last few months. Each of us is like a gem that has been cut into many facets: each facet reveals yet another dimension of our individuality and consciousness. Today...