How to serendipitously find a way to avoid your family for a significant part of the day: hear on the radio that it...
How to serendipitously find a way to avoid your family for a significant part of the day: hear on the radio that it is Frank Lloyd Wright's 150th birthday and there are things going on. In fact, it seems there have been and will be things going on all year at virtually every FLW site there is, as well as several museums and a few other things. Around here, this week and weekend are apparently the culmination of some extended goings on. Sadly, I seem to have missed a number of occasions with free cocktails. Although, that would have been a challenge, what with the driving, and all. Today, you could wander the Darwin Martin House and complex grounds at will for $1.50. There was also cake. It was delicious. The head paper and Japanese woodblock print expert conservator for the state was doing mini-workshops in Japanese woodblock printing. I spent a long time talking with her, in fact. She's from Ottawa and trained in Japan in their methods of paper-making and print-making and foun...