Some views of "the family" - me with my
partner, the Rev. J. Brad Benson. Brad and I
celebrated our seventeenth Anniversary on
June 2, 2007. Brad's hairstyle seems to never
change, and mine seems to change at least
annually... oh well. Also I joined the ranks of
the optically challenged in 2006. At least I still
have my boyish good looks and charm...

At right, sitting at the fountain in the courtyard
of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in May 2007.
We were visiting our dear friends Nancy and
Rand for a few days.

Below, relaxing in my studio in our beautiful
Rochester home, 200 Melrose Street. We miss
that warm, wonderful house, but are quite
content in the cozy rectory in Bath NY.

Below right, the photographer studio shot...

Click
here to see some pictures of our other
family member, Autumn!
Below, our "digs" since March 2005,  St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Bath, NY. Brad was installed as rector here, and as vicar of nearby
Good Shepherd Church in Savona, on May 21, 2005. I've been serving as co-minister of music at St. Thomas' since October 2005.
Here we each are, doing
our thing - on the left, me
backstage at the
Rochester Opera
Factory's production of
"Die Fledermaus" in
October 2004. I played
Gabriel von Eisenstein.

On the right, Brad offers
the benediction at the
close of the Celebration
of New Shared Ministry at
St. Thomas on May 21st
.
This is me engaged in my
other passion - Polymer Clay!
On the left, sanding away at
the 2005 Shrine Mont retreat
sponsored by the National
Polymer Clay Guild.

On the right, good friend
Nancy Gee looks over my
shoulder as I demonstrate a
technique at a meeting of the
Southern Ontario Polymer
Clay Guild.