Patrice Vecchione
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Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout Town: Walking with bees
I knew my pop was guiding me — his love had sent me bees.

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout Town: Walking in the Dark
When I wake in the very early hours, there’s a sense of mystery and magic in the air. It’s a private time — nobody’s going to ask me to do...

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout town: Take me to the river
Whatever life has on offer, get yourself to a river, risk the cold, and plunge your body in

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout Town: Big Sur’s world of wonder
These shows took me back in time, and held me in a sense of memory, some that aren’t even mine.

Patrice Vecchione, Guest Commentary: Bird’s Beak and Genista do battle in Del Rey Oaks
Exactly who would sue the city for doing the right thing and allowing the Native Plant Society volunteers to remove the invasive weed?

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout town: Art in the face of what happens
From encounters with art and nature, resilience may be returned to us and perseverance for whatever’s ahead is there for the finding.

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout Town: A moving visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
At the Aquarium, of course, it’s not only the sea creatures who are engaged in movement, visitors are too.

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout: Wildflower walk in the ‘Field of Dreams’
Dorothy Denning told me the time was now, that we couldn’t wait long to take a walk because the wildflowers weren’t waiting.

Patrice Vecchione, Walkabout Town: Walking through grief, on foot in front of the other
“Walking,” she tells me, “is such a part of my life. This is how I explore."

Patrice Vecchione, Walking Together: The Monterey People’s March
Mostly, my walks are solitary ones that take me as far from other people and conversation, streets and cars and stoplights as I can get. When away from all that,...
