From another angle

“Snowing” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender at Lake Champlain, Vermont on March 9, 2025
“From another angle” composed and performed with clarinet, concertina, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on March 10, 2025. Note: I reassembled the insrtrumental parts from my previous musical post after visiting the lake during an intermittent snow flurry. SRB

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

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.

A glimpse of light

“Snow field ” drawn with pen and ink by Sanford Ross Bender on January 23, 1995
“A glimpse of light” composed and performed with guitar, clarinet, snare drum, and crash cymbal by Sanford Ross Bender on January 20, 2024.

Fresh fallen snow

“Snow overed bridge ” drawn with pen and ink by Sanford Ross Bender
“Fresh fallen snow” composed and performed with guitar, bass, snare drum and cymbal by Sanford Ross Bender on January 14, 2024

The days are getting colder

“Minnesota lake before snowfall” photograhed by Sanford R. Bender on January 2016

The days are getting colder” played and recorded for guitar and concertina by Sanford R. Bender on November 18, 2022

Along the Corn Furrows

Along the Corn Furrows – photograph by Sanford Bender – February 6, 2021

I was in Tyler Park near my home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on a cold, wintry day. The sun was low in the sky and the bare trees and knobby remnants of corn stalks evoked the music I had recorded a few days earlier…