George is 'standing over me with a whip' so I need to tell you that our little Easter film, "Ballad for Easter" has been posted on Youtube. We had access and permissions for all the James Tissot paintings, and he had done a beautiful Easter series-took him five years to tell the story.

I did a sort of musical commentary for it; we went to a recording studio with a friend who played recorder and guitar, and I played my dulcimer and sang the vocals. This was 1957. It was shown in our church, and once in a Canadian church- otherwise no one has seen it.

Well, springtime is here...Easter is coming. We hope you can see and enjoy the great paintings and my bit of music- and forgive me for talking about myself! To me the film is about the human condition, and the tragedy, the beauty, and the resiliance that is Life.

Love to all, Jean
PS: go to youtube, type in either George Pickow or Jean Ritchie, and you'll find, "Ballad for Easter," and several other of our (newer) videos.