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The Forty-Eighters: Immigrants for Social Justice
German immigrant abolitionists. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 19th century, abolition, Carl Schurz, Forty-Eighters, German immigrants, Harold Raster, history, Karl Daniel Adolph douai
3 Comments
Welcoming With One Open Arm
Americans’ mixed reaction to refugees and immigrants Continue reading
An American Artist
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Four Freedoms, museums, Norman Rockwell, painting, Rockwell Museum, Saturday Evening Post, Stockbridge
9 Comments
A Mass of Contemporary Art
MASS MoCA, West Adams, Mass. Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Blane De St. Croix, comtemporary art, ERRE, Franz West, Gunnar Schonbeck, Louise Bourgeois, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, North Adams, Richard Nielsen, Sol LeWitt, spencer Finch, Taryn Simon
6 Comments
Old Town, Quito
Historic churches and public squares in Quito Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Church of San Francisco, churches, Ecuador, Old Town, Quito, travel
11 Comments
Casa del Alabado
Museum of Pre Columbian art in Quito Continue reading
Posted in Art, History
Tagged art, Casa del Alabado, Ecuador, indigenous art, museums, Pre Columbian art, Quito
3 Comments
Lava Landscapes and Sunsets
The Galapagos Islands Continue reading
Southern Vermont Summer
Equinox Preserve, Manchester, Vt. Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Equinox Mountain, Equinox Preserve, hiking trails, Manchester Vt., Souithern Vermont, travel
8 Comments
Boobies, Frigates, et al.
Birds of the Galapagos Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged American oystercatcher, animals, Birds, boobies, Ecuador, finch, firgatebirds, Galapagos, Galapagos dove, Galapagos mockingbird, owls, pelicans, penguins, swallow-tailed gulls, travel
8 Comments
Reptilian Paradise
Iguanas and tortoises in the Galapagos Continue reading