"These are the ice skates I shared with my brother back in the 1950’s.  I found them in the basement of my mother’s farmhouse in 1969 and used them for a Maryland Institute College of Art homework assignment.  Now my mother inhabits a different density, and the old farmhouse shelters another family.  My brother is far away and I’m digging through closets again, getting ready to move once more.  It’s been years since I went ice skating, but I think I’ll keep this old painting."