This past Wednesday I went over to Pittsfield to Berkshire Community College to attend a seminar presented by Dr. Stephen Brookfield on critical thinking. After spending the morning at a local Head Start program, I carved out an extra few minutes (not as easy as it sounds as it’s a 1 1/2 hour drive each [...]
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We arrived home last night from this year’s Seminar. It was about a 4 hour car ride home – actually not as tiring as we thought it might be after our busy week. There were two presentations between breakfast and lunch: The Story of Harvard Shaker Sister Susan Channel (1809-1880) presented by Roben Campbell and [...]
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: Our day started with a two hour bus ride to Sodus Bay to see what is left of a community that resided there for a short time — staying (I think I have this right) about 10 years starting in 1826. There are only three original buildings left on the site — the land [...]
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What a great day! Sitting and listening at conferences is always somehow wearying and exhilarating at the same time! Today’s lectures started with two that were really a pair as they were presented by the authors of a great new book about a particular Shaker collector couple: Book: Gather up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker [...]
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What a long, interesting and educational day! After a continental breakfast in the dorms (I always wish there was protein at American continental breakfasts), we headed off to the library at Hamilton College (a short walk up the hill). There we enjoyed a presentation of the Shaker holdings by Randy Ericson. We saw some really [...]
Today we enjoyed breakfast at our B&B – The Phoenix Inn – and then made our way to the Fenimore Art Museum. There was a fascinating exhibit of Jewish immigrant wood carvers of the early 20th century in New York showing their work both of carousel horses and Torah arks for synagogues: fascinating. And an [...]
