Fall Waning Harvest Moon Went out and picked raspberries for pancakes this morning. With a definite chill in the air the garden felt different, a bit sleepy, ready to bed down for the cold season. After a month or so of feeling burdened by it, wanting it to disappear, my spring affection reappeared. This patch […]
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Imbolc Full Bridgit Moon First Titian tour today. If I examine my own touring skills, as I try to from time to time, I find that I’m better touring old master’s of Western art and Asian art than I am art of the Americas. The Thaw collection, which I admired, found me at my clunkiest, […]
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Another busy week. Guess it’s a good thing we’re headed to Colorado on Saturday. Time for a rest. Yesterday I worked outside all morning, then took a nap, worked out and went to the Woollys at Paul’s house. We talked about love. Love was central to each of our lives and, we all agreed, to […]
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85 bar falls 29.75 0mph E dew-point 66 sunrise 5:53 sunset 8:44 Summer Waning Crescent of the Thunder Moon The hangover from the docent program continues. We have to do an Africa check-out tour with two partners. We each prepare three objects, then share the information and come ready to present any of the objects. […]
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66 bar steady 29.92 0mph N dew-point 58 Summer night Waning Crescent of the Flower Moon The drive into the MIA this afternoon was the first time I’d driven any distance since the long trip to Alabama. Sheila gave a walking lecture on the African check out tours. She showed pieces in Egypt, then the […]
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