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12
Karen Topham's tumblr
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Jun
20
Sputnik?...maybe better
Ron called Anada and me to the backyard…9:15pm…there goes the space station chased by the shuttle. The speed is magnificant…and so is the brightness of the two machines. Unlike Sputnik…just a high flying dot in the winter sky, alone. Yes, Sputnik was first. But this seems more brilliant. And closer. Well, 40+ years between can make a difference.
Tue
May
29
Headline: "Fred's remains low-key, but successful"
Source: The Star-Ledger, Tuesday, May 29, 2007, p. 36.
How did the Business Section of the newspaper know about our neighborly groundhog, Fred? He is a quiet, solitary fellow who has successfully created two paths under the fence to our juicy backyard lawn.
He keeps Izzy dog very happy with games of tag.
Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings: The Clark Brothers Collect
Through time we’ve experienced these paintings—and just took for granted that they have always been part of the collections. But, yes, somebody did have to have a vision to collect the works. The Clark brothers were wonderful collectors.
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era
Going back in time—with the music and art of the 60s. A fun exhibit to experience again and again. But I still have problems walking in flashing strobe lights.
Fri
May
25
Mark Twain House, Hartford - May 16, 2007
(Larger view available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k_topham/513353743/)
Fri
May
18
Reflections from visiting the Mark Twain House, Hartford, CN, May 16, 2007
Our guide mentioned the high esteem in which the Clemons family held their butler. But the Clemons children did not play with the children from the carriage house.
Grandpop’s chairs—the cane seated two—are in Mom’s dining room and in the Clemons’s servants’ eating area; Grandpop’s coffee grinder on my mantle is very much like the one in the Clemons’s servants’ kitchen. With whom would I be playing?
“ … Americans say something very true: Writing is rewriting.
Francis Veber, French Comedies Report http://www.theworld.org/?q=taxonomy_by_date/1/20070516
Tue
May
8
Luis Rodriguez, Kean University, and John Perry Barlow, Electronic Frontier Foundation, share the podium. NJLA Annual Conference. College & University Section ACRL-NJ Chapter Luncheon. Long Branch, NJ. April 25, 2007
(Larger view available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k_topham/489866837/)
