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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A quiet moment with the Shakers
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Shaker
Tags: Dr. Stephen Brookfield·gardens·Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Shaker Seminar – Last and final Day (this year)
July 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Shaker, travel
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 […]
Tags: Harvard Shakers·Mount Lebanon
Shaker Seminar 2008 – Day Four
July 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
: 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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Shaker Seminar 2008 – Day Three
July 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · My Goals, Shaker, travel
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 […]
Tags: Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Shaker Seminar 2008 – Day Two
July 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Shaker
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 […]