I visited the town of Berea, to soak up some arts and crafts. The town and college are very pretty, albeit much smaller than I’d imagined. While exploring different artisan shops, I chanced upon Mary Elizabeth Colmer, aka Bacon_Mom, at Weaver’s Bottom Craft Studio.

She and I had a long and leisurely discussion about life and art and creativity. She told me her life story, from her early hippie days to her arrival in Berea, where she met her husband of 45 years. Before I left, she played for me the tune of the first dance she and he ever danced together. Here it is, played by her on an 1867 hammered dulcimer (turn up your volume):

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