Wed. June 11, 2025: Books and Art

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Full Moon

Pluto Retrograde

Sunny and pleasant

Hello, and here we are, midweek again!

Yesterday, we had a nice, easy start to the day, and I made Eggs Benedict for breakfast.

We headed out to the Clark Art Institute. The road to reach it is all dug up, and you can go in, but you have to go out a different way. We had fun going through the permanent collections, and I revisited some of the paintings I regularly go to see. A couple of Sargent paintings are on loan for the exhibition at the Met in NYC. It was disconcerting how they rearranged those walls. They did a beautiful job, but I’m so used to entering the room and seeing specific paintings that it was a little jarring. But great that they are traveling and making others happy.

After the Clark, we figured out the detour and then headed up to Bennington, where we visited the Bennington Bookshop, which is delightful, and The Coffee Bar next door. We then headed back to North Adams by a different route, to show my friend more of the city and the historical district. We stopped at the post office so she could pick up some fun stamps (her home post office has boring ones), and the Big Y to pick up a few things (I dropped the ball on dessert).

Home, hung out for a bit, had good conversations, and got geared up for yoga. We’d hoped to walk, but it was raining, so we drove. Yoga was great, as always. We enjoyed dinner (and dessert) and tried to coax Bea into sociability. Bea was playing in the living room, but she’s still skeptical of humans, especially new humans. But she’s done really well. Charlotte was less shy, too. Tessa made it clear that she was keeping the bench to herself, and we had to all get over it. Willa, as usual, is the friendliest with guests.

Slept well, up early this morning. It looks like it will be sunny. Maybe the painters will show up? It was mucky and rainy the past few days, so it wasn’t a particular surprise they weren’t here.

After breakfast, I will drive my friend back to Pittsfield, then get back to work. The audio book producer has asked for some materials to use in a presentation and needs them tomorrow, so I will put those together. I need to offer some ideas for a project tied to Boiler House Poets. I’m supposed to get my notes back from the ghostwriting client, and hopefully, we move to the 20K portion of the project.

It’s also the full Strawberry Moon!

Have a great day!