by Quentin Lewis

Quentin's Weeknotes 5/15/2022-5/21/22

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This Week:

  • I was back at work after a week of kid quarantine and another week of self-quarantine.
  • Collections Management had our final, which consisted of finishing up some inventory work, and having a debriefing session about the class as a whole. Despite the ups and downs of health and power-outages and everything else, it was a really great class this year, with a fun and engaged crop of students.
  • I read the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. It was harrowing, but essential reading, documenting the wide scope and impact of the US Government’s role in taking Indigenous children from their families and attempting to “save the child by killing the indian."
  • I finished reading “The Wild Road” by Gabriel King. It’s a wonderful piece of fantastic fiction, with cat protagonists, beautifully written and richly imagined.
  • My wife and I finally watched “Zoolander”
  • A musical rabbit hole sent me to the work of legendary british folk musician Nic Jones, and I’ve been obsessively playing his obscure and beautiful songs all week. This version, of the 18th century gender-bending sailing song “Canadee I-O” is majestically and artfully played and sung, much better (imho) than the Dylan version on “Good as I Been to you” which clearly cribs from this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlFKwY_YgZ4&w=560&h=315]
  • Last Saturday, my son turned 9. He’s a smart, funny, interesting guy, and I’m so lucky to be able to watch him grow and come into his own. Love you, kiddo.