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I am a museum librarian with an M.S. in Information Studies from Drexel University and M.A.s in Latin (Indiana University) and Classical Art (Hunter College). My areas of interest include: art (of course), cataloging, the "new" RDA, metadata, and all things digital.

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Nigella lounges in her new spiffy cat house. It’s huge and I know at some point Tinky will raid it and attempt to make it his. Here’s hoping she can hold down the fort!

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Happy Gay Pride Month!

Kingston, NY To all my LGBTQIA+ readers you are all welcome here! You are welcome, you are loved, you are valued and respected. You are listened to, you are worthy of attention, and you are accepted and embraced. Some of you coming from religious families may not feel that way. I understand what you are going through. I chose to tell my family and it has not always been easy. They could have…

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Good riddance to 2023!

There is no denying that this was a perfectly awful year for us (and about everyone): Continuing health issues for me (chiefly dealing with the side effects of medication) the horrible air quality in June flooding in July which forced us to cancel our plans for upstate NY (went to Philly instead and it was a bit of a bust) check fraud in August apartment-related problems (don’t even…

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William Morris Wallpaper Design (by ElfGoblin)

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the unwomanly face of war, svetlana alexievich

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Walhalla

Anselm Kiefer

oil, acrylic, emulsion and shellac on canvas, in 3 parts

Executed in 2016

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Morning Coffee   -   Palden Hamilton , 2008.

American , b.  1980  -

Oil on panel , 9 x 12 in.

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Living Sculpture   -   Palden Hamilton , 2008.

American , b.  1980  -

Mixed media , 33 x 17 in.

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Book cover. 1814.

Source

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Joan Mitchell Untitled

Oil on canvas. 81 ¼ x 108 ½ in. (206.3 x 275.6 cm.). Painted in 1957-1958.

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Gertrude Abercrombie (US 1909 – 1977) White Cat, 1935-1938

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D is for Diagnosis

Fan in February? Weather madness! I haven’t written in quite some time and that’s because there has been a lot going on in my life: there was moving, issues with the move, and then my own health issues. I don’t want to rehash an entire 2 year period – everyone’s had to endure the changes wrought by the pandemic – so I am just going to write about my health today. This is no doubt an effort for…

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A Pandemic Year in the Life of a Lesbian Librariano

A Pandemic Year in the Life of a Lesbian Librariano

Command Post Central It has been a while since I have written anything and instead of doing a regular, well-edited post, I am just going to do a stream of conscientiousness post. It has been just a wee bit over of year since I had to start working from home and it will be good to have something, however brief, to look back and remember how I and my partner handled all the tribulations (“forsan…

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Hidden away in Jared’s blog post is this link to our new Index to African American Artists which allows quick access to our holdings and biographical information on black artists. Kudos to our Systems team for getting this up! https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/thomas-j-watson-library/research/index-of-african-american-artists

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Jared Ash is doing some incredible collection development work on black artists at the Thomas J. Watson library. Look for lots more from this initiative in the near future! https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2021/aaap-part-1. “Black Art and Artists Matter: Collection Assessment and Expansion in Watson Library”

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His flight is at 8 am on Wednesday morning- I’m playing this on a loop tomorrow for luck!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcTUM_lWG7M&feature=youtu.be

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It was all a dream