Finding my way upstream

“Top of the hill” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in March 2024
“Finding my way upstream” composed and performed with banjo, clarinet, and guitar by Sanford R. Bender on April 6, 2024.

Too late to love

“Sun glow dialogues” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on April 3, 2024.
“Too late to love” composed and performed by Sanford Ross Bender with mandolin and guitar on April 2, 2024.

Elegant Twilight

“Elegant Twilight” photographed by Sanford R. Bender in late February, 2024.
“Elegant Twilight” composed and performed with guitar and dobro on March 7, 2024 by Sanford R. Bender

Last hope

“Forest winds” drawn with oil crayons by Sanford R. Bender
“Last hope” improvised by Sanford R. Bender playing banjo, dobro and bass on January 6 & 7, 2024

Intrepid

“Autumn tree” drawn with colored pencil by Sanford Ross Bender 2023
“”Intrepid” composed, and performed with guitar and mandolin by Sanford Ross Bender on November 1, 2023

Long snowy walk home under a crescent moon

“Snowy forest” drawn with pen and ink on paper by Sandy Bender in 1981.
“Winter Spruce in snow beyond” drawn with pen and ink by Sandy Bender on January 23, 1995
“Snowy hills” drawn with pen and ink by Sandy Bender in April, 1996.
“Long snowy walk home under a crescent moon” composed. performed and recorded with acoustic guitar (with and without metal tube slide on separate tracks) by Sanford R. Bender on September 12, 2021.

Riding into the Starlit Night

Darkening evening on the ride home -Sanford Bender

Since I don’t go to the park until later in the afternoon, I am often there riding my yellow bicycle back to the car as dusk sets in. I quicken my pace as the inky blackness settles around me, and the few farmhouses and barns are left behind. Gazing up into the lofty pines upon hearing the distant hoot of a great horned owl, I begin to perceive myriads of stars glittering above me. The music in my mind that I hear that evening may not arrive until another day. But, the melodies and rhythms have already embellished my soul, and like the stars, will gradually reveal themselves in their delicate splendor.