Journeys with Autism

I am so excited!

Back in July, I submitted three photographs for a Brattleboro photography contest and, lo and behold, I won second prize! Throughout the month of September, all three photographs will be displayed at The Latchis Theatre, our historic Art Deco theatre, which has been going through an amazing artistic renovation in the past several years. The theatre showcases the work of artists from all over the region, and I am honored to be one of them. My work will also appear in the 2011 Town Plan and other town publications, and in the Brattleboro Reformer Photo Journal.

Since the photographs are now the property of the town of Brattleboro, I can’t display them here, but I will provide links to them when they appear online or post copies when they appear in local publications. I love taking photographs just for the pure joy of it, but it feels wonderful to have my work acknowledged in my local community.

© 2010 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg

I’m happy to announce that Asperger Journeys has won its first award, care of our friend Erin over at My Aspergers Girl. It’s called the Honest Scrap award, and it’s given to blogs meeting the following criteria:

“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to seven bloggers who must choose seven more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award.”

The rules for accepting the Honest Scrap award are:

*Choose 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design.

*Show the 7 winners’ names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Scrap.”

*List at least 10 honest things about yourself.

Here are my choices for the latest winners:

Confessions of a Quirky Mom
Paths in the Grass
StaticVox
organizing the jelly beans
General Disarray
That explains everything
Adopting the Spectrum

And now, ten honest things about myself that I haven’t already revealed in my blog:

1. I am 5′ 1″ tall.

2. I have hazel eyes with a fleck of red in each iris.

3. My idea of heaven is for someone to use a Thumper on my back while feeding me warm chocolate-walnut brownies for all eternity.

4. I don’t understand how people can wear spandex and not go completely berserk.

5. My favorite movie of all time is the 1984 version of Metropolis with the Giorgio Moroder soundtrack. My daughter once said to me, “Mom, you love Metropolis so much that if it were a person, you’d marry it.”

6. Gwyneth Paltrow is my 6th cousin. I’ve never met her, but I love her movies, and my daughter and I refer to her as “cousin Gwynnie.” I have photos of our mutual ancestors on the wall (along with every other ancestor whose photo I’ve been able to locate).

7. My favorite moment of every year is when the snow melts and the perennials start peeking up from under the ground. I’ve watched it happen for decades, and every time, I still can’t believe it.

8. I find South Park hilarious because it combines great social commentary with an outrageous lack of political correctness.

9. I feel the need to justify how much I love South Park.

10. Obama! Obama! Obama!

Thank you, dear readers, for all of your support and encouragement.

© 2009 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg