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 'Communal Societies'
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
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
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 Forum on a Sunday
April 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Communal Societies, Shaker, travel
Today was the last day of the Spring Forum on the Shakers hosted by Enfield Shaker Museum that I talked about yesterday. I promised a few pictures: so here they are. Today was a terrific breakfast (the food this weekend was fabulous!), followed by a walking tour of the Great Stone Dwelling, with an organ […]