Date recorded: August 5, 2013
Time: 8:30 am
Location:   42°23’32.58″N, 74°33’47.28″W
Notes: Ji is Madalyn’s mom, and she lives on the farm during the summer. She is an expert cook and kimchi maker, and keeps the farm house running. On Monday we went to the Blue Sky Farm to pick blueberries.

This sog is better listened to on speakers, not headphones. These blueberries are loud when they drop in the pail.

Date recorded: August 4, 2013
Time: 4:30 pm
Location:  42°16’5.89″N, 74°34’41.89″
Notes: Yeah, yeah . . . bunnies are adorable. These four munched, groomed and fought over carrots (not kidding) for an hour in the yard on a Sunday afternoon. From a sound meditation perspective, this was my best sogs yet. I was didn’t want the bunnies to jump out of their pen, so I was very alert. And a more attuned listener.

Date recorded: August 3, 2013
Time: 11:30 am
Location:  42°11’59.95″, 74°35’47.72″W
Notes: Madalyn is BOSS here at the Straight out of the Ground farm. On Saturdays she sells vegetables at the local farmers market. She’s part vendor, part cooking counselor, part farmers’ almanac.

Date recorded: August 1, 2013
Time: 2:00 pm
Location:  42°16’18.50″N, 74°34’48.30″W
Notes: Today we move around. Through the fields in the rain, by the East Branch river, the garden, and back home.

Date recorded: July 31, 2013
Time: 7:45 pm
Location: 42°16’6.42″N,  74°34’41.06″W
Notes: Also present: finches and pigeons. My fellow artist in residence, Sybille, said this was a good time to record the birds. They would be scurrying around before night time. Also: am I crazy, or does one of these birds sound like a puppy?