Breakfast at Esther’s house. Picked up Ellen Feldman and drove to Addison Gallery in Andover.
Addison Gallery
Excellent exhibitions. Disturbing series on the Manzanar Internment Camp by Ansel Adams, very propagandistic. Surprising show about Triple Candie group that showed things in a warehouse on 126th St in Harlem during the ’70s. See the slide show of things I liked here. Also revisited a Charles Sheeler painting Ballardvale. The ship models in the basement are still a treat.
Karen’s Clams
Drove down to Wollaston Beach in North Quincy. Both beachfront clam shacks were closed for the season. Duh!! Found Burke’s Seafood just off 3A in North Quincy center. Meltdown averted. Food was good, ambience excellent local.
Seen in front of Catholic church around the corner on 3A. Superbowl is tomorrow. Guess Jesus is on the Patriot’s side.
I’m Not Your Negro – movie
Saw this at Landmark in Cambridge with Ellen Feldman. Outstanding, compelling. Baldwin, as noted earlier in the Fall 2016 at HAL workshop, still speaks to us.
Dinner at the Friendly Toast
A Kendal Sq. eatery favored by Elfel. Drove to Belmont to stay with Bill and Nancy. Arrived on schedule at 8:30 pm sharp.
A throwback. Still good. Still cheap.
Still sleeting in early morning. Sound of snow plows. Lower back very sore.
Read more of The Common Cause. Very fine grained history. Almost 20% of the typical page is taken up with footnotes and annotations. Will skim more of this. Most interesting is not the somewhat unsurprising racism of the leaders of the revolution. Rather it is the intensiveness with which they managed the communications with the public, chiefly through the press.
