Thanks for that - looks like it was a beautiful day out!
Jez
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some photos are linked below, but a bit of context first. Jez posted
> this last July regarding Herbert Hoover and US relief to Belgium in
> WWI:
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Specifically re: Leuven (my nearest town):
> >
> > "After WW1 the US Commission for the Relief of Belgium, originally set up
> by
> > Herbert Hoover to deal with the war famine, was converted into a
> scholarship
> > foundation financing Master or PhD studies in the US. Hundreds of
> Leuven’s
> > professors were trained there and came back with new cutting-edge
> abilities
> > and a culture of research."
>
> 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/
>
> Joel W.
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