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  • Oct. 1st, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Toad Hall
I attended a lecture at the Boston Athenaeum this evening conducted by Scottish author, Andro Linklater, who has written a book titled An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson. The tale he told was fascinating and I look forward to reading the book. I bought a copy and had it signed.

I asked him what part of Scotland he was from. He replied that he was from Orkney Islands in the far north. I said that I visited Scotland once with my mother and that her maiden name was Stirling. He sounded bemused.

On Tuesday, I attended my first painting class at the MFA. The subject was a still life and the paints used were acrylic. As a complete novice at this medium, I was intimidated at first. But after diving in - so to speak - I became more relaxed though it was still a challenge. I think my prior experience in charcoal drawing helped me.



Countdown to the Inauguration (Updated)

  • Jan. 19th, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Good riddance!

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Historian

  • Jun. 14th, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Holy Grail
I saw historian Michael Beschloss  speak at PA this afternoon. The occasion was reunion weekend at the school, his 35th. He talked about his academic past, the involved work in writing books, and the importance of hind sight in assessing the historical figures and their times. The speech was entertaining in that he sprinkled it with amusing stories, most of them Presidential anecdotes. 

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