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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The Lancey Letters - essays and photos from the liminal. Grief, death, ritual, ceremony, and rites of passage. open.substack.com/pub/jalancey... #eastcoastkin #grief #deathdoula #ritesofpassage #ceremony

Black and white photo of a white woman’s hand under running water. Overlaid with text that reads, “Launching the Lancey Letters. A new Substack on ritual, ceremony, and rites of passage. Includes: A Year of Mimi - a grief project weaving loss, grief, ancestral work, shadow work, memory, and legacy. Balances.substack.com

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I only knew the hot sun above burned my skin but didn’t penetrate the deep waters. That my grandmother was a force. And I longed to be brave and wild. 🧵5/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This was when I was young, a colt with spindle legs and impossibly long feet. I didn’t yet know that the shock and pain of icy waters could hardly compare to the shocks and pains some lives must bear. 🧵4/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I would stand, ankle deep, my feet burning until they went numb, watching her sink into the icy embrace of the water, thinking she was the bravest woman I knew. 🧵3/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

She was there for the business of a swim in glacial waters. I felt like a timid little fool watching her walk in as though the water wasn’t stabbing her as it did me. As though the pebbly sand wasn’t digging into her tender feet as it was mine. 🧵2/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

When my grandmother lived on the big lake, she would take me every summer morning down to its pebble beach. She didn’t set up on a towel to sun bathe and watch me swim as the other adults did. 🧵1/5 #grief #grandmother #watermother #water #griefproject

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Love the composition here. 👏🏻

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Utah landscapes are bonkers. Gorgeous shot.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Fruit also reminds me of Mimi, but that’s a story for another day.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The plum tree’s blossoms are a first sign of Spring. Only it isn’t time yet. It’s only the first few days of March, and despite the 70 degree temperatures now, we could very well get a frost in April. This doesn’t bode well for any backyard fruit harvest this year.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“We should tell everyone to wear something pink,” I heard myself say as we planned the funeral. Pink was her color. As were red, and blue, but pink was the color she was known for. Say the words, “pink parka,” to anyone in my family, and it will be Mimi that springs to mind. Mimi and her pink parka.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The pink blossoms remind me of Mimi. The elegance reminds me of Mimi. Flowers and gardens remind me of Mimi. But “reminds me” isn’t exactly it. It is more…in my blood. In the marrow of my bones. In life, and in death, she has always been woven into the fabric of me.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The plum tree just outside the kitchen window is in full blossom, a stunning, elegant display of cheerful pink against the pale yellows of last year’s grass.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Albie is up early, and therefore, I am up early. The house is quiet. I let Albie outside to do his business while I prepare his breakfast. Birdsong drifts in through the open door, along with early morning sun. #grief #griefwork #plumtree #pinkblossoms #eastcoastkin

A view out a window. In the foreground a tree covered in pink blossoms.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Absolutely stunning light. Beautiful!

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

At the diner, a living time capsule, our waitress brought hot coffee, orange juice, French toast, sausage, bacon and eggs to the table. A row of Vermont maple syrup sat on the counter for sale, for the tourists. Mimi would have clucked her tongue at the snow. “Awful weather,” she would have said.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The sun was out, but the roads were still snow-covered. I felt the tires slipping, looking for traction, felt the familiar sense of skating, only I was in the back seat instead of behind the wheel. I eyed the driver in the rear view mirror. How many Vermont winters had he driven in? 4/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I was worried about our puppy, who we had reluctantly boarded, finding reassurance in it only being for a weekend, and now it was to be two nights longer. The morning after the storm, we ordered an Uber to take us down the road to the Parkway Diner. 3/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

That storm shut down the airport in Burlington, and with it, our flight home. We spent two days holed up in our hotel, checking out the window between naps and hotel television, debating how many inches had accumulated. 2/5

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The day of my grandmother’s funeral it was bitterly cold. There were warnings on the radio, on the weather apps. A cold snap just ahead of a historic snowstorm that stretched from the Southwest all the way to the East Coast. 1/5 #vermont #burlington #eastcoastkin #stunday #photographersofbluesky

The inside of an old time diner. Booths line the right. On the left a long countertop with classic metal stools upholstered in red vinyl. An older couple sits in one of the booths. The woman faces away from the camera across from the man. He wears a flat cap and a green winter coat and is listening to something the woman is saying. His hair is white and he has a white mustache and white goatee. A young white woman stands in the center walkway. She has long, dark blonde hair and is bending slightly forward holding a heavy industrial rubber mat meant to soak up water and slush. Through the windows you can see a snowy winter scene.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Yeah, I’ve heard tales of the dusty sensor, which… what am I missing? It’s a fixed lens. How is the design taking in so much dust? Also, how long before that killed it?

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I just bought the LX100. What’s your favorite thing about it?

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Summer has been full! Travels, visitors, camping. Right at the beginning of summer we traveled to New England for my college reunion and then visited family in Vermont. Took this overlooking Lake Champlain. #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #photography #clouds #Vermont #umbrella #lakechamplain

Table umbrella silhouetted against a blue sky filled with patches of white clouds.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Same. I love a good road trip. So many stories.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Pass it on. I don’t know this person, just helping someone pay their bills with their art.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This shot always conjures #joy for me. My daughter’s wet footprints on a gorgeous Fall day in #Vermont. #BlueSkyArtShow #joy #EastCoastKin

A pair of jeaned legs and socked feet standing close to the camera, and in the background a trail of wet footprints on a paved driveway.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Yeah, I’m used to lake kayaking back home. I miss the water so much!

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Is this your photo? I love it! Unrelated, you mention kayaking in your profile. Looking for good kayaking in NM!

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I loved this book. Been a while since I read it, but 👍🏻

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025

Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

After the storm. #blueskyartshow #Texture #eastcoastkin #photography #hurricane Hurricane Irene caused damage as far North as Massachusetts. Mostly significant flooding.

Empty liquor bottles lay among muddy debris after flood waters recede.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Lines made by light is a frequent subject I love to capture. Who else loves morning light “lines”? #BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin

Crisp lines of light are cast on the floor through vertical blinds. A potted plant sits on the right.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

She is back home, on the mend. 😊

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Same. I don’t want to do it for a living. I don’t want the pressure. I like picking up the camera when I feel inspired—which IS often, but it’s on my time.

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