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Pierre Plat does the chores.

Copy of Eva's Beethoven

Eva's Beethoven

Happy 50th anniversary! We do not own the songs in this video

A very extraordinary, average day in the lives of two brothers who still practice artisanal fishing off the southern coast of France. It is a three-person family business with the two brothers fishing six days a week, and their semi-retired father, who taught them their craft, driving a weekly route from village to village to sell their catch to villagers who, often, have never bought fish from...

A "Paper rap" inspired by Paint's paper rap

A highly stylized "how to" video for making homemade yogurt, set to the seductive gamine voice of Stacey Kent. A winter afternoon. A cold climate. A neutral palette. A contemplative, delibarate pace. Come all ye minimalists and lovers of bacteria, active culture, and nordic style. Filmed by Mary Jo Hoffman. Acting by Eva Hoffman. Editing by both. March 2013

Among the things we'll miss, here are some of the sights and sounds that have become familiar to us over the last 3 ½ months in a small village in Southwest France. Parmi tout ce qui va nous manquer, en voici plusieurs des scènes et des sons qui nous sont devenus familiers pendant trois mois et demi dans un petit village au Sud-Ouest de la France. Merci, Autignac.

written and read by steve hoffman photos and video by mary jo hoffman

An artist sketchbook of 80 pages of black and white hand-drawn patterns. This was a family effort over one month in 2012. The journal was often placed in the middle of the table, and the four members of our family would all draw simultaneously. It has been a source of deep play for me during brief interludes when I haven't had time to take on more challenging tasks, and it has been a way for th...

A six minute video summarizing three weeks of the fall 2012 grape harvest in the Languedoc region of southwest France, from the perspective of an American family who were lucky enough to participate in both the harvest in the vines and the wine making at the winery. A heartfelt thank you to André and Véronique of Domaine Balliccioni, and Thierry and Nicole of Mas Gabinèle. And especially to Jea...