Dead or alive, we're in this together

“Circle Round “ (encaustic, acrylic, cardboard, paper, wood panel, rusty bicycle wheel), by Sue Katz, an artist living in the Pioneer Valley area of western Massachusetts. Her Web site is suekatzart.com. She is a member of newenglandwax.com

The Pioneer Valley (part of the Connecticut River Valley) from space, with Springfield toward the bottom of the photo and Northampton-Amherst toward the top.

The front entrance to The Bookmill, in Montague, Mass., in the Pioneer Valley