Yesterday I met the artists who are in residence here this week. It’s a bigger crowd than last week, and a more eclectic one. 

Tucked away in various cabins and studios around the park are a sculptor, a painter, a concertina player, mother and son visual artists, two musicians who usually collaborate electronically and are thrilled to be working together in person, and an author of children’s books. 

It was a congenial group, and we parted with the promise of a studio visit or concert to come. 

Companionship after solitude is welcome, especially when it’s with others who are jealously guarding their private time … what you might call “companionship lite.”

(The residence lounge where we met.)