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KATEARMSTRONG PHOTOS WALK FROM THE SEA - After disembarking at the town dock, Santa made his way up Old Oyster Road in Cotuit to the lawn in front of the library for his Dec. 2 arrival in the village. OH,MILO - Most people just know him as Milo (we do,anyway), and he's astaple at most Cotuit community events,playingdrums inthe July4 parade,and here taking part inthe village's holiday celebration. I CHRISTMAS IN COTUIT i \ The Fabric Store Everyone Is TalkingAbout! m. \ I ii iifiniffii ioitni11111 ittnin11ttiiHIiut111111 iftimiiniilittittftiuntttiiiimttiinn11miuniinitnifm I \ / I -v / 246 North St,Hyannis•7904114 104a«Moa,-Frj. / ^ / (RCTttothciOtDMletAlp) Xh4fM_mti ^ / WhenYouNeed Physical Therapy YouWantResult andMore... 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OPEN YOUR MIND TO A NEW BODY 305 Hokum Rock Road - East Dennis, MA 0264 1 508-385-8882 - www.HandsOn-Health.com Good paintings make good neighbors By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com HOT ICE -The cozy warmth of the Cahoon Museum did not stop the artistic couple from leaving mankind whimsical memories of frosty winters on the ice. The calendar tells us we're on the cusp of winter, but weather forecasters were predicting cloudy skies and autumnal temperatures today slightly above 50 degrees, deny- ing the village population Frosty's zestfully numb- ing bite, skating on frozen waters, the scent of logs burning in the fireplace, and the joyous screams of red-cheeked tots sledding through the snow. For those who yearn for the days when winter seemed colder, the snow deeper, the holiday season more Christmassy, a visit with Cotuit's most steadfast neighbors, Ralph and Mar- tha Cahoon, may be in order. While the husband and wife art team has ascended to the big studio in the sky, their convivial spirit and primitive art lives on in their pre-Revolutionary home of 37 years, now a museum that once was an overnight stagecoach stop between Hyannis and Sandwich, now a ride of ju st minutes. The red Georgian Colonial edifice still sits on the fringe of the Village's main thor- oughfare as an, understated perhaps, oasis of neighborli- ness and nostalgia. The museum remains a home. The Cahoon legacy lives there through art and diaries. Martha continues to speak to neighbors and visitors from a small televi- sion screen as though she is there in body as well as spirit during a 12-minute documentary in which she shares some memories. That being the case, can the home and its contents -its sense of place and history -be considered as lodging village neighbors? Can those who are no longer with us continue to be the folks next door? Cindy Nickerson, the mu- seum's clever and respon- sive artistic director, nails the point down: "I live next door to a cemetery. They are my neighbors," she said, in the sense that a neighbor is one who is established near or next to another. The Cahoon home, although updated some- what, was constructed in 1775 -the same year that Patrick Henry, addressing the Virginia convention, ut- tered the immortal words, "Give me liberty or give me death," and the Continental Congress named George Washington commander in chief to prepare for 1776. Wide floorboards, sten- ciled walls and floors, fireplaces and antique furnishings house the cheer- ful Cahoon offspring-their art -in a homey, protected intimacy. One painting, oil on masonite by Martha, hangs with others in a room just off the first-floor foyer. It stood out particularly be- cause of the season -or lack of it now -and the memories that a visual representation can evoke. It is called, forthrightly and to the point, "Ice Skat- ing in New England"-and exhumes fond memories from the cranial crypt of those who experienced the youthful fun and frolic of gliding over ice with wobbly legs, flailing arms and runny noses. Not far from that is an- other painting by Martha, a Currier and Ives type called "Sleigh Ride" that also prods the recall of happy,in- nocent, white winters gone by. The Cahoons, albeit modest and low key, were educated and intelligent, says Nickerson. That would describe many villagers of contemporary Cotuit. "Once their art caught on in the 1960s, they traveled quite a bit to shows in New York, Florida and overseas," Nick- erson said. While they may have morphed into cosmopolites, "they were basic Cape Cod people, down home folks contented with simpler lives," said Nickerson. That usually translates into "good neighbors." 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