Because of the slow internet at the Holiday Inn in Boxborough Ma (hard to understand as it sits right next to Cisco); I didn’t get to do any blog posting this week while at seminar. Hubby and I have arrived home this evening and over the next few days, I’ll post a few photos and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Shaker'
Shaker Seminar 2011
July 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Communal Societies, Musings, photo of the week, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Hancock Shaker Village·Harvard·Meeting House·Shaker·Shakers
Benjamin Osborn House
June 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Important People, Musings, photo of the week, Shaker
Recently the Boston Area Shaker Study Group met at Hancock Shaker Village for lunch and leisure time, and then trekked to the Benjamin Osborn House located in Mt. Washington, MA. The Osborn House was the first stop on Mother Ann Lee’s “missionary” trip in New England in 1781. […]
Comrades in Learning
March 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Communal Societies, Musings, Shaker
Today we hosted a lovely afternoon meeting of the Boston Area Shaker Study Group. The group is closing in on 30 years of folks meeting several times a year and learning about the Shakers (and for those who wonder or are ill-informed – yes, there are people living in community as Shakers). We enjoyed a […]
Shaker Seminar 2010
July 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Communal Societies, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
What do World Monuments Fund, marriage break-up and the status of women in the 19th century, Green energy, Black Minstrels and a baby cow have in common? We are attending the 2010 Shaker Seminar being hosted this year at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA. It is the village’s 50th year as a museum, and […]
Tags: black minstrels·cows·Green energy·Hancock Shaker Village·marriage·Shakers·World Monuments Fund
New England’s Beauty – Photo of the Week
August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · photo of the week, Shaker, Site Seeing
The best thing – and about the only good thing for me – about the late summer heat is that it forecasts that apple season is about here. There’s no apple in the world, that I’ve been to, that equals a New England apple.
Tags: apples·New England·Sabbathday Lake