Thanks, Joel. I enjoyed that little tour. Some of those houses are
lovely.
Chris
On 9 Nov 2009, at 04:10, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> After an outing with my friend Paul C., during which OMs caught some
> of the day's beautiful light, I rode to West Branch, Iowa, and stopped
> at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. It's a pleasant if snoozy
> place, with the Hoover birthplace home and a restored neighborhood
> surrounding it, in addition to the library itself. There is also,
> oddly, a sculpture of Isis, which is extremely tough to photograph
> because it was set with her face to the north so that it is always in
> shadows against the sky in this quadrant of the world. (This is
> actually appropriate when you see the sculpture.)
>
> I had not noted before that the sculpture was a gift from the Belgian
> people for the Hoover library. In the context of Jez's information,
> the whole experience of being with Isis on a beautiful late fall
> afternoon was especially meaningful. What a great community to be
> part of!
>
> http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/Isis%20of%20West%20Branch/
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