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Esoteric knowledge for what good, yes, but I am captivated
When I started as a guide this season at Shelburne, I was unaware of the style differences between "Queen Anne" and "Chippendale" furniture. I did not know about Federal, and William and Mary styles, either. Forget being able to identify chairs, tables, dressers, and chests, or even being aware furniture is a huge field of scholarship! Now I ( Read more... ) -
What I'm Grateful for this Thanksgiving Week [Cross-posted on Facebook]
"New York City, Denver, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Buffalo, Chattanooga, Burlington, Portland, OR. and ME., Boston, Salt Lake City." I am thankful for many individuals - those who kindly helped me, those who taught me, and those who invited me into their homes. I am also grateful to Keystone Science School, Kress Foundation, and Mountains-Plains ( Read more... ) -
Um, "I'm between zip codes at the moment"?
Because I have been this year to CO, UT, VT, ME, NH, MA, VA, Washington, D.C., MD, OR, and soon, MT and WY, it all seems dandy. I don't think folks see the complications of an itinerant ( Read more... ) -
Experimenting with food
Instead of the easy but boring peanut butter and jelly [sandwiches], I am giving a go this week small mozzarella balls, with tomato, (basil may be available through the house I'm staying), and whole wheat pitas. I might add in baba ganosh or just save the baba ganosh, to have oil, with the baba ganosh, accompanied by pitas cut into pizza triangles ( Read more... ) -
Not a fan of grocery shops out West... so far
Vermont takes the cake for the best grocery shops. You can buy a lot in bulk, the shops have unusual layouts (I'm thinking Healthy Living as an example), they are small, and offer locally-sourced foods as much as possible ( Read more... ) -
Park City, Utah!
I am betting I ate very well in Maine (localvore, vegetarian, fresh seafood) compared to any food I can purchase in this landlocked mountain town, and I KNOW, from sampling the water here, I prefer the tastes of Maine and Vermont's water,
but all I can think is "Park City" is wicked awesomePark City really is ( Read more... ) -
Email-box [Massachusetts morning > Maine evening]
From my travels through Beantown, I am so ridiculously tired. But I followed up with all my contacts. -
Hurricane Irene: Western Maine
Snapped, felled branches on green wet yard. House lights flicker on occasion. Mess of light green leaves on sharp deep green, newly painted back porch. Glass cracked on some glass windows.
What a day to celebrate one hundred sixty-six years later, Porter's start of Scientific American! Once I check off my tasks to-do-today, I think I shall settle ( Read more... ) -
I hope to make Rufus Porter, inventor, painter and founder of Scientific American proud
Through this trying, stress-filled and lack of sleep week, I am grateful for the emotional and professional support of Rufus Porter Museum. I am thrilled that my focus on scholarship, and providing access to museums, inventor Rufus Porter and our nation's cultural heritage, has also succeeded ( Read more... ) -
I thought I couldn't get any geekier
I'm watching "Beautiful Young Minds" - documentary of 2007 IMO.