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  • A Big Day

    Posted on by Charles Comment

    Imbolc                                                                              Valentine Moon

    Barring setbacks and further challenges today should be the day when each book has, at least for this moment in time, either a place on a bookshelf, a bin for storage or a box in which it will leave the house for good.  This will be a big day for a number of reasons.

    1.  The daily drain of things out of place will change into the brisk, ordered feeling of a working library.

    2.  Skimmed off and discarded will be the material no longer germane to my current work.

    3.  This task will get ticked off the list of things to do.

    4.  It will mark my return to serious labor.  Also fun, enriching and potentially gainful.


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  • Learning, Always

    Posted on by Charles Comment

    Imbolc      Waning Wild Moon

    What a treat.  Janice Laurie, the MIA’s librarian, gave us a quick once over of the resources available in the library.  They have a JSTOR subscription, an Artfull Index subscription, plus several other expensive database collections available online in the library and through the computer in the docent lounge.  This makes me want to give up everything else and just dive into art history.  My first venture with it in depth will be the William Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite exhibit coming in June.

    All the while the lectures about the Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages right now, keep me company as I shuttle back and forth.

    The sun came out today and improved my mood quite a bit.  I shook myself a bit this morning and said Carlos, you can choose.  You can lean into the day instead of away from it.  Seemed to have some positive effect.

    My small black notebook remained behind when I left the library this morning.  The librarian told the guard to look for the guy with the Harry Potter glasses.  Me.

    Kate and Anne went to see the Lipizzaner stallions perform at the Target Center.  They had lunch at the Chambers Hotel before hand.  Meanwhile I learned about art history databases.  Different strokes…


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