Weeknotes: 07/05/25-07/11/25

This Week:

• I finished reading M. John Harrison’s “Wish I was Here: An Anti-Memoir”, but like all of Harrison’s magisterial work, I’m still thinking about it and re-reading portions of it even days after closing the book. There’s probably a booknotes on the way.
• We held another Crafternoons at the Museum.
• We also screened two films about Delaware County Reservoirs: “Indian Summer” and “The Fall of Cannonsville”. Charles Cadkin, the director of the latter film, was present to speak and answer questions.
• I spent some time trying to get my syllabus together for a new exhibit prep class I’m teaching.
• I chaired a Museum collections committee meeting, where we accessed five new pieces to the Museum’s collection.
• Over the weekend, I was delighted to host my friend, the Minister of Intrigue and his family. We walked in some local parks, swam in Gilbert Lake, and in general just had a good time in each other’s company.