-1 47% 24% 0mph WNW bar30.21 steady windchill-5 Winter
Waxing Gibbous Winter Moon
Today I used the Templeman Tea Service and I went in early to find the damned thing. It was in the hall where the period rooms are, not in with the other silver. No wonder I couldn’t find it last week. Well, now I know. Two very different groups: white bread Catholics from Coon Rapids (near home) and a group of African-American, African, and Asian kids, three with headscarves. The Catholics got the highlights tour and the diverse group wanted a Taste of Asia.
The diverse group, sixth graders, had a street-wise look and I wondered if they’d pay attention at all. Turns out I had to pry them out of the Japan galleries. They got interested in the Buddha and then the bodhisattvas, how to identify them, what enlightenment was. They got me off my route entirely, so we went in the Wu family reception hall and spent time figuring out Chinese families lived. By the Shiva Nataraja, the last object, their attention had begun to wane, but they were delightful. Both groups were wonderful.
It’s cold now, the windchill has dropped to -8 and we’ll see lows of maybe -20 by tomorrow. This is Minnesota.
A long nap and now some treadmill time.
