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Had lunch with Tom Byfield. \u00a0An extraordinary guy. \u00a0After 37 years of living, as he said, “on the lake bucolic” and conducting a dental practice in Bagley, Minnesota, he and his wife moved to the Twin Cities. \u00a0He became a docent 17 years ago. \u00a0We both resigned this year, he to take care of his ailing wife, who has since died, and me to finish my novel.<\/p>\n
He draws, paints, writes humor articles, has traveled the world and knows a lot about art. \u00a0He can, and I have seen him do this, take very legible notes in the dark. \u00a0A useful skill in art history lectures.<\/p>\n
We’ve both found friendships in the docent program, not the least of them each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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