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. […]
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Benjamin Osborn House
June 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Benjamin Osborn House · Important People, Musings, photo of the week, Shaker
Farewell dear Crossbearers
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Musings, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
As my fellow Seminar attendees know, the title of a Shaker hymn from Hancock ca 1850 which we sang in farewell to one another ’til next we meet. Sunday morning brought two final presentations for this year’s seminar:Â Rob Emlen presented “Picturing a Shaker Village:Â How the public imagined the Shaker Landscape in 1835” and […]
Tags: Canturbury Shaker Village·covered bridge·Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Shaker Spring Forum
April 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Communal Societies, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
I sit typing in a room used since 1857 as a spiritual meeting place by the Shakers of this community. How fascinating to sit in the middle of this room using wireless and a laptop in a space once used to observe one’s spiritual beliefs. I sit and imagine how odd it feels and wonder […]
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A quiet moment with the Shakers
September 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on A quiet moment with the Shakers · Shaker
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 […]
Tags: Dr. Stephen Brookfield·gardens·Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Book Ramblings: My Father’s House
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Book Ramblings: My Father’s House · Books, Communal Societies
While at our Shaker Seminar (see previous week’s postings), we visited the museum of another communal society: the Oneida Community. While there I picked up a couple of books. I’ve just finished reading My Father’s House: An Oneida Boyhood by Pierrepont B. Noyes. It was written as a memoir – I expect it might be […]