Reading and Roaming
SUMMER READING: SHARING IN NATURE The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this small volume, Native American plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer uses the serviceberry bush as a way to riff on the concept of a gift economy. Also known as Juneberry, Saskatoon, or Shadbush, the serviceberry has small white flowers and …
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FUN MUSICAL FOR A SUMMER NIGHT Some Like It Hot (DPAC, Durham) This past week the Chief Penguin and I went to our first performance at DPAC (Durham Performing Arts Center) in downtown Durham. We went with a group and transportation was provided to and from. It’s amazing how stress-free this makes the logistics. (Confession: we used to chuckle …
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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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MATISSE EXPLAINED The Red Studio (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)) The Red Studio is a fascinating exhibit. Seeing Matisse’s painting of his studio with the deep red background and then seeing many of the actual paintings and other works depicted there right in the MOMA gallery was somewhat mind-blowing. The explanations (they were more than just labels) provided …
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