I love song lyrics that reference a move on a chess board.  "Your Move" by YES, is one of those great, now classic tunes that I never get tired of hearing. It has everything I love in a vinyl recording: instruments, clear sound without any technology, loaded lyrics that tell a story within the story and let's not forget the magnificent art work of an album cover, back in the day this was the access to art that my young
eyes adored.
I would spend hours looking at some of them,  laying on the floor, hands under my chin, seeing the little things without glasses... and then the song explodes into the rock and roll stratosphere, lifting you up and out of this world. That's the magic of a well made album.
Yes! to listening to the entire compilation of songs. This is the art of compostion in sounds. Listening to one song is like tearing a page from a book, it becomes isolated from the rest of the story. This is what is lost in today's digital discography of downloads. Besides, you cannot get your albums signed by recording Artists who wander into your studio before the show starts at the Narrows Center for the Arts to buy gifts for their wives...or themselves.

If you love board games and music as much as I do, then I invite you to "Game Unplugged with Music on a Monday Night" at Interwoven. Thanks to a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council there is a budget for musicians, new and seasoned, who would like to jam out for a couple of hours while we play our games "unplugged."
On quiet Monday nights in downtown,
Turn off, Take a seat, and Let's play. 

First and third Mondays of each month, unless otherwise noted, for however long the funds last. 
March 7th and 21st.
April 4th and 18th.
May 2nd and 16th.
Summer schedule coming soon...

Learn to Play 6-7         Live Music 7-9         Limit Time 10ish

Coffee, tea and goodies will be available. Donations only.
This is an alcohol free event.  Space is limited.

James Taylor's lyrical journey nearest and dearest to my heart,
the "Highway Song," speaks of the road and a longing for the soul to ramble.  A place of solitude in motion, to think, to reflect, to form new ideas or resurrect old ones. The road is a place that brings tremendous joy and creativity into the heart of me. After a grueling two years of limitations that were killing my soul slowly (who else is with me on this one?), not to mention several health scares that had almost killed me for real, it becomes a safe space where I put myself back together with a renewed spirit for life, time after time.
It is the place where I spritually survive and thrive.

Thanks to the many Local Cultural Councils throughout the Commonwealth with the support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Dyer Maker Studio® will be “back on the road again” this spring and summer. “Dyeing to Wear It: Creating Community with Color” will partner with libraries all around the Commonwealth.  Follow my social media pages as I prepare to  journey around this beautiful state of Massachusetts, along with a dip into the neighboring state of New Hampshire, with more announcements and more places to come,
just there, on the “blue horizon” ...

In my world, all color is beautiful so how can it not be renewed - It's my birthday month! The quote comes from a song by Sarah Brasko and is such a well written lyric, filled with life and strength.
Like the city of New Bedford. 
It's a hectic time of year to be sure but take time for a stroll downtown, so much is happening.  Interwoven will be open for small business Saturday on the 27th. Click on the "BOOK NOW" button and follow the prompts, to sign up for "Dyeing to Wear It" - coming in December. I will post pop up musical performances on my social media pages. 
Interwoven will have a booth at the Buzzard's Bay Brewery Holiday Stroll event.
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​La Rhonda is cooking up the freshest, sweetest, and the most savory dishes from ingredients found at the New Bedford Farmer's Market each week at Buttonwood Park's Senior Center.  Saturdays 10-2pm.

A sweet little portion of dessert with a set of my handwoven placemats and napkins. Interwoven offers classes in weaving and natural dye wearables. 
Visit the gallery/makerspace to shop local. Gift certificates available for the Holidays and anytime of the year. 

Contact me if you have any special requests. Private classes are available.

2-3 apples - I use the spotty kind for my jam and desserts - peeled and diced or sliced. I eat the pristine looking apples of course.
1 handful of cranberries
Generous pinches of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves or to taste
Saute pan on medium heat
   -melt 1 Tbs of butter, add fruit, saute for 2 minutes 
   -add 1/4-1/2 cup of water
   -drizzle maple syrup to taste
   -1 Tbs sugar is optional 
​Cook until the fruit is tender and the cranberries "bleed" their color. Cook down the liquid until it begins to create a bit of syrup. In a different pan, use the same ingredients (omit fruit and water) to toast the oats. Toast until light brown, adding the syrup just before it is done. Serve with whipped cream or a drizzle of farm fresh heavy cream. So good! The best part is that there isn't a big pan hanging around.
​Just a serving or two.  Simple and fresh. 
​I enjoy the tart flavor however, sweeten more if desired.

Cooking with La Rhonda, the South Coast Sicilian!
What do you do with the vegetable overload during havest season? More important than that - how do you cook eggplant? Let me show you how easy cooking can be as you watch me prepare simple and fresh foods at the New Bedford Farmer's Market and Coastal Foodshed pop-up markets ever week through September. 

New Bedford Farmers Market at Brooklawn Park is each Monday (except Labor Day) 2-6.  Cooking demo 2-4.

The Coastal Foodshed pop up market will be at Clasky Common every Friday from 2-6. Cooking demo is 2-4.

Walk in and Learn: An Introductory Demonstration to Canning...
 August 30th, at DoCo restaraunt.  Details in the link.
To register: fb.me/e/2wHwrniWi

Where the street has a name...634 Pleasant Street! We will be open Friday August 6th from 5-8pm. Stop by and see what Interwoven is all about. 

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