by Quentin Lewis

Weeknotes: 03/21/26-03/27/26

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This Week:

  • In MUST204, we talked about caring for metal and textile objects. We also performed our annual washing and waxing of Bojan Konaver’s statue of Eurydice in front of the Museum.
  • More camp planning! We got a completed schedule together, full of fun craft activities and games. We’ll be ready to go in just two weeks.
  • Thursday, we hosted visits from Richard Kopley (author of a new Poe biography) and Stephen Loewentheil (a rare book dealer who specializes in Poe) who both spoke at Hartwick’s Babcock lecture.
  • Good Things:
    • I finished a couple of books. Sunday, I listened to the audiobook of “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman. The movie is a part of my cinematic DNA, but I’d never read the book. Turns out, it’s great and funny and exciting, and also kind of sexist! I also finished reading “101 Poems Against War,” an anthology I stumbled across as the US began its war with Iran. I wrote up some notes, mostly about the poems that resonated with me.
    • I love the folks at Good Enough, who make simple, usable web tools for everyday use. Their music logging tool Album Whale has just gotten a major upgrade and I look forward to playing around with it!