Reading and Roaming
THREE RECENT READS In this post, I offer three books I’ve read recently. One is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s conversational inside scoop on the 1960’s as experienced by her and by her spouse, Richard Goodwin, politico, speechwriter, and occasional sounding board for both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Judith Jones was a book editor who …
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FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: PART 2 Three Generations of Wyeths The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland is a center, along with the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa., for the artwork of three generations of Wyeths. A former church building houses almost exclusively Wyeth paintings and sculptures, while the contemporary building has a variety of different …
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FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: PART 1 The Farnsworth Art Museum is in Rockland around two hours north of Portland. It’s noted for its extensive collection of works by three generations of the Wyeth family and its focus on Maine and artists working in Maine. The Chief Penguin and I visit this museum annually; this time our motivation was …
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This week I’m sharing some blog history, an early blog post, and comments on a new favorite restaurant. 10th ANNIVERSARY FOR JAUNTING JEAN! On July 29, 2014, I published my first blog post from Maine. I signed up to purchase a domain name, jauntingjean.com, and set about learning WordPress. The Chief Penguin and I were ready to …
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