Why do I think of Hadrian when I see these?
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Synchronicity
There is a patron at the library who regularly donates the Mayflower Society Journal when they are finished with it. Sometimes I see it come in and I always grab it, not because I'm a descendant of the Pilgrims, but because my brother has ties to members of the society from when he was chief curator of Plimoth Plantation.
Right now my brother lives in Leiden, Holland, right where the Pilgrims lived for ten years before they came over on the Mayflower. He is finishing the definitive book about the Pilgrims, and runs the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum (not just runs it, but started it and built up the collection himself).
Anyway... one other time I got the journal, there was an article he had written in it, which was cool. And the one that was donated last week had a chapter from his forthcoming book (which I hadn't yet read), and a write-up of a tour that the society members had taken to Holland and England. They did a walking tour of Leiden with Jeremy, and there were several pictures of him in the article, which is nice because I haven't seen him in six years.
Too bad the journal donor will never know how much I appreciate having that copy. And the coincidence of the whole thing, which is really pretty weird if you think about it much.
Right now my brother lives in Leiden, Holland, right where the Pilgrims lived for ten years before they came over on the Mayflower. He is finishing the definitive book about the Pilgrims, and runs the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum (not just runs it, but started it and built up the collection himself).
Anyway... one other time I got the journal, there was an article he had written in it, which was cool. And the one that was donated last week had a chapter from his forthcoming book (which I hadn't yet read), and a write-up of a tour that the society members had taken to Holland and England. They did a walking tour of Leiden with Jeremy, and there were several pictures of him in the article, which is nice because I haven't seen him in six years.
Too bad the journal donor will never know how much I appreciate having that copy. And the coincidence of the whole thing, which is really pretty weird if you think about it much.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
the good old days
There were more than a few kids at the school Halloween... ooops... "FALL FESTIVAL" parade who wore "hippie" costumes.
I have to say that it felt truly weird to see what I identified with for so long as being stereotyped that way.
Although I was just a tad younger than those who really got to participate in the sex, drugs, and rock ' roll, except for the rock 'n roll, my brothers did, and one of my earlier memories of the Vietnam War was being the youngest participant (age 7) at a peace march they took me to when they were supposed to be babysitting me.
It wasn't until I was in junior high that the clothes really changed. Did that come from the people on Haight-Ashbury, or from the designers? Were we imitating something ourselves (other than the Nehru jacket phase)? Or was it truly original?
Naturally, we thought the clothes were here to stay. I guess if you wait long enough, they do come back, but the whole culture surrounding it is pretty well gone and the kids don't understand what they are imitating. I know the bellbottoms were from sailor uniforms... I don't know about the beads and flower power designs. It could be that was the last time any really new fashions came out. Ever since then, I've only seen imitations of previous fashions or just mixtures.
I saw a lot of peace sign jewelry at Kohl's last night. But I don't think it means anything, there's too much competition around here from those yellow ribbon types.
99.7 The Boulevard is playing a lot of CSNY and Neil Young these days. They just played the one that says " Now don't go get yourself elected.... if you do you might have to cut your hair."
I have to say that it felt truly weird to see what I identified with for so long as being stereotyped that way.
Although I was just a tad younger than those who really got to participate in the sex, drugs, and rock ' roll, except for the rock 'n roll, my brothers did, and one of my earlier memories of the Vietnam War was being the youngest participant (age 7) at a peace march they took me to when they were supposed to be babysitting me.
It wasn't until I was in junior high that the clothes really changed. Did that come from the people on Haight-Ashbury, or from the designers? Were we imitating something ourselves (other than the Nehru jacket phase)? Or was it truly original?
Naturally, we thought the clothes were here to stay. I guess if you wait long enough, they do come back, but the whole culture surrounding it is pretty well gone and the kids don't understand what they are imitating. I know the bellbottoms were from sailor uniforms... I don't know about the beads and flower power designs. It could be that was the last time any really new fashions came out. Ever since then, I've only seen imitations of previous fashions or just mixtures.
I saw a lot of peace sign jewelry at Kohl's last night. But I don't think it means anything, there's too much competition around here from those yellow ribbon types.
99.7 The Boulevard is playing a lot of CSNY and Neil Young these days. They just played the one that says " Now don't go get yourself elected.... if you do you might have to cut your hair."
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