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 […]
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Shaker Seminar – Last and final Day (this year)
July 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Shaker, travel
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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 – Day 1
July 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Shaker Seminar – Day 1 · Itinerary, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
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 […]
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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