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.

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.

Impromptu pilgramage

“Trident Sunset” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on December 15, 2024.
“Impromptu pilgramage” improvised with guitar, electric bass, concertina, and percussion by Sanford Ross Bender on December 18, 2024.

Streamside

“Deep green bend” painted with watercolor and gouache by Sanford Ross Bender so many summers ago
“Streamside” composed with guitars, banjo, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on November 29, 2024

Goodbye and farewell

“Fort Point bell and light houses, Maine” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on October 12, 2024
“Goodbye and farewell” composed and performed by Sanford Ross Bender with guitar on October 12, 2024.

Serendipity

“Marshall Point Lighthouse” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on June 28, 2024.

“Saturday morning skies” composed and performed with guitar and slide by Sanford Ross Bender on June 29, 2024.

Don’t listen to everything you hear

Photograph taken at Roque Bluffs, Maine by Sanford R. Bender on June 6, 2024.
“Don’t listen to everything you hear” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford R. Bender on June 19, 2024.

Cove near Owls Head Light, Maine

“Cove near Owls Head Light, Maine” photographed on a rainy day by Sanford Ross Bender on May 19, 2024.
“Heading out to sea in the morning” music improvised with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on May 19&20, 2024.

I can’t find a place where I want to be

“Steep slope” painted and drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender

“I can’t find a place where I want to be” composed and performed with guitar, snare drum, tom drum, crash cymbal, and glockenspiel by Sanford Ross Bender on February 11, 2024.