Reading and Roaming
After an absence of several years, we returned to Philadelphia for a friend’s birthday party. We were blessed with mostly overcast skies and comfortable temperatures—perfect for all the walking we planned to do. We did walk a lot one day, but mostly we gorged on art. In two days, we visited three art museums and …
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My most recent reading was an intriguing novel about a ship voyage. This book reminded me of other titles about journeys of various sorts. 18th Century French Expedition Landfalls, a first novel from Naomi J. Williams, is marvelous and inventive. Williams takes as her subject the doomed expedition of two French frigates, Boussole and Astrolabe, which set …
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NEW YORK The streets of the Big Apple were thick with tourists and the weather was sunny and warm. A pleasant change of pace from our quiet island life. We walked briskly down 6th Avenue, joined the High Line at 23rd Street, and then decamped to Chelsea Market, an adventure in food and eating we had …
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It was fitting that on our last full day in Tokyo we visited the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. That’s it’s full name, but it’s so long the Japanese call it Muraikan for short, which means ‘future.” Given its focus, it’s most appropriate. We were hosted by their international outreach team and their director, Dr. …
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