I came here all the way for nothing

“Frozen Lake Champlaiin” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Vermont on March 2, 2025
:”I came here all the way for nothing” comosed and performed with guitar, concertina, and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on March 9, 2025.

Empathy

“Vermont sun setting” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on March 1, 2025.
“Empathy” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on March 2, 2025

Why not?

“Swinging Manhattan” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in the Autumn of 2024.
“Why not” composed and performed with guitar and slide guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on February 16, 2025.

We’ll go our own way, anyway

The beginning of life” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Baxter State Park, Maine.
“We’ll go own way, anyway” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on February 11, 2025.

Snowing again

“Snow flurries” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on February 8, 2025 in Williston, Vermont.
“Snowing again:” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on February 7, 2025.

Yellow fleece

“Ice pools” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Stowe, Vermont on January 26, 2025.

He wore a yellow fleece,

Wherever he might go,

Until the night he vanished,

In the falling snow.

But following his lilting music,

Along the brook’s icy flow,

I found him in the swinging pines,

Radiating in luminescent glow.

SRB – February 2, 2025

“Yellow fleece” composed and performed with clarinet, concertina, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on February 2, 2025.

Wintering in Vermont

“Wintering in Vermont” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Stowe, Vermont on January 26, 2025.
“Wintering in Vermont” composed and performed with concertina and guitar on January 29, 2025.

Jungle spirit

St. John, Virgin Islands drawn with ink and painted with watercolors by Sanford R. Bender
“Jungle spirit” composed and performed with clarinet, guitar, and percussion by Sanford R. Bender on January 6, 2025.

Giraffes in Iowa

Giraffes in Iowa” composed and performed with guitar and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on January 3, 2025.

Use the morning well

“Looking down on the harbor” of Santorini in the Greek islands drawn with pen and ink by Sanford Ross Bender

“Use the morning well” composed and performed with guitar and violin by Sanford Ross Bender on December 27, 2024.