As my fellow Seminar attendees know, the title of a Shaker hymn from Hancock ca 1850 which we sang in farewell to one another ’til next we meet. Sunday morning brought two final presentations for this year’s seminar:Â Rob Emlen presented “Picturing a Shaker Village:Â How the public imagined the Shaker Landscape in 1835” and […]
Entries from July 27th, 2009
Farewell dear Crossbearers
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Musings, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
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A glorious day in the village
July 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Musings, Shaker
What a busy third day we’ve had! And, best of all, the New England sun came out today!  It ended up quite hot by the afternoon making the afternoon sessions a challenge – not because the speakers weren’t interesting – but because the heat was trying to whisk us to dream land! After a nice […]
We make you freely welcome…
July 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Communal Societies, Musings, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
Even the chipmunk and the bees welcomed us to Canterbury Shaker Village today for the third day of Shaker Seminar.  We had breakfast at the Great Stone Dwelling at Enfield Shaker Village, then drove to Canterbury where after a delightful lunch, we were split into groups and either explored on our own, toured an exhibit […]
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Shaker Seminar 2009 – Day Two
July 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Musings
A day of beautiful words, images, and voices.
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Joy and Zeal
July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Musings
JOY: the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son’s success. ZEAL: –noun fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. Hubby and I have arrived for the first day of this summer’s […]
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