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Pilgrim Monument, Rainy Day, Buying Art

in Life in General

It’s been a pretty relaxed day. We got up late, if for no other reason than we could. We decided to head into to town and grab a little education, so we checked out the Pilgrim Monument, which is the tallest all-granite structure in the U.S. (it’s 252 feet, 7.5 inches). Why is there a [...]

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Walking… and Steve Walker Art

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We walked a lot of the main drag of the town today, about 1.5 miles or so (one way) between our Inn and the farthest point we got to. Commercial Street is where everything happens. It’s lined with shops, restaurants, galleries…everything. Today we mostly looked at shops, just poking around anything that looked interesting. We [...]

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Friday Geek Out: The Art of Steve Walker

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I discovered the Art of Steve Walker a few years ago because his work graced the cover of novels by Michael Thomas Ford. From the very first one I was struck by the composition of the paintings and the at-ease portrayal of men in them. These are all men comfortable in their own skin, comfortable [...]

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