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 […]
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Shaker Seminar – Day 1
July 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Shaker Seminar – Day 1 · Itinerary, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
On the Road Again
July 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on On the Road Again · Itinerary, Site Seeing, travel
Tomorrow morning we leave on a road trip for a week. We’ll take the first couple of days to visit a couple of homes of the rich and famous: Naumkeag for instance. By Wednesday we’ll be in Clinton, NY at the annual Shaker Seminar taking place this year at Hamilton College. I’ll post as I […]
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Happy Birthday America!
July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · My Goals, Site Seeing
Just a brief note between hamburgers to say Happy Birthday to the country we live in! On our travels we met some really interesting people who were always interested in the US, the people, and our opinions of world events. On several occasions, people asked if we would like to talk about our country’s politics, […]
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Let’s do the numbers…
June 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Let’s do the numbers… · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel
We’ve been home for over a week now, yet we’re still adjusting in many ways. We seem to be back on the right time zone, which thanks to the ocean crossing really went pretty easily. We arrived only about 2 – 3 hours off. We still seem to want to eat different amounts of food […]
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The Queen Mary 2 takes us home!
June 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Queen Mary 2 takes us home! · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
Sorry to be out of touch for so long! We boarded the Queen Mary 2 on June 2 and we haven’t been able to connect (they did have internet but at 50 cents a minute). This morning we watched the sun rise over the Statute of Liberty as we arrived in NY . We are […]
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