Have you been to Bowdoin? Did you know that have a really nice (with new building) museum dedicated to exploring the Arctic? Why do they have such a thing? Visit the website to read more, but they note that it is named after Arctic explorers and Bowdoin graduates Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) and Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898). There is a lot of cool stuff, old and new. For instance, I knew walruses were big. But they are way bigger than my brain imagined. At least th

Sharmanka lived up to all the hype. It is in Glasgow, has two shows daily, and they differ. One is darker than the other. The we saw told a story about escaping Russia ... I think? The moving parts are mesmerizing while the music very much puts you in the right mood. Once the show is over, you walk around the room while the other pieces show off and do their thing. Highly recommended . Get this guy to DJ your next party! Is it sea worthy? Questionable. Is it Mad Max worthy? Y

To read more about this show, check out this page on Project Ability. I could rewrite what is on that page or I could link to it and you read what someone much more educated on the matter wrote. There was an excellent gift shop, but the vast majority of it was not going to fit in my luggage and make it home in one piece. Below are a few of my favorites from that visit. I think those are shrimp? A mermaid, and she looks like she is having a pretty good day. some birds who may

We stayed in Linlithgow, Scotland. It was a great base camp for our Glasgow/Edinburgh trip. It is also home to the castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was born. Let us go and see what things I took pictures of! This is an eel spear. Hopefully the eels weren't that big! People liked fancy pottery, even back int e day The fountain and its intricate carvings. Featured: a unicorn The fountain and its intricate carvings. Featured: a mermaid

I knew I had been lax - but 1 year! I skipped a whole year. Yikes. So here is a a bunch of places we had been over that time. The Salem Cat Museum, the little Purr that could! The art exhibits there have been getting bigger and better! And not just from folks that live nearby, from all around the world! Here are a few of the pieces from my last visit: Look at all these ceramic cats! This one came over from Hong Kong! A wee ceramic cat balloon If Kusama had a cat

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The Wells, Maine Reserve has a gallery . We went there. The exhibit, at the time was Awash: Coastal Watercolors by Suzanne Demeo &...

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In Maine, and near Bates College, and we had a little time on our hands. So let's go check out the exhibit at their Museum of Art! It was...

I would like to read more. But if I leave picking books up to chance, I will read less. So this year, I’ve chosen school subjects as my...

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The Colby Museum of Art , is in Waterville, Maine and on the campus of Colby College. We've gone back to it a few times while visiting...

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We recently went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. We went to hear a talk on how artists with disabilities aren't necessarily...

As tempting as it may have been, we resisted. the exhibit was very sensory based. Sounds, smells, nosy-neighborish, and it came with...

So let me start with the photos. Not always straight on, but they are from the height that I am and are a little off. I suppose I could...

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There is this guy in Marblehead who does this amazing thing in late October. In the driveway of his house, he and hiw wife pull together...