Dark hair back in the day....
Hale House in Rhode Island, at the desk of my great, great grandfather Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale. He was an abolitionist and the author of "The Man Without a Country."
                    It's about  ignoring bullies and the power of persistence ....
Never give up!!
My great, great aunt Susan Hale and her brother -  
my great , great grandfather  Edward Everett Hale.
Susan was an artist and a writer too.
           
Aunt Susan was friends with the E.E. Church family, traveled frequently with them and spent many summers at Olana, in upstate New York.
When I did my art show in Rhode Island, I also played at The First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island
Art show & concert  at the First Church of Boston  -  where my  great, great grandfather  Edward Everett Hale 
 was minister for 30 years, before becoming Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
I've also been invited to do an art show at the Bank of Loja, Ecuador.
One of my paintings at Hale House in Matunuck, Rhode Island...where my family summered in the 1800's
In the organ loft at the Chester Cathedral in Chester, England......someday, I hope to play at Westminster Abbey too.
Concert and art show in Saratoga Springs, New York.
                                    Concert & Art show.... 
20 of my paintings at the Hale House Gallery in Rhode Island.
    I presented an organ recital  at  La Compania de Jesus Cathedral in Quito, Ecuador.
I have an invitation to come back to do another concert and art show.