Life is good.

Hello all!
Sorry for the long break between posts... I've settled into Cambridge nicely and have developed, what could be described as love for the city. The temperature is great, a nice brisk fall feeling in the air, and it really is nice to walk everywhere. I am constantly told by friends I should get a bike, but I figure I've got time to kill! There's no need a person can't simply walk unless they're late for a very important date. One negative to this place is the rain... I like a good rainy day, don't get me wrong, but every single day is a bit much... It's been better now, but it's so sneaky! For example, I left my place to go to a BBQ at a new friend's house and it was beautiful, upper 70s and sunny. The walk was supposed to take an hour, and sure enough, 30 minutes in the weather turned. Clouds rolled in from somewhere and it started raining. It was classic English rain... kind of drizzly, spitty type rain, but then it turned into rain showers kind of rain... It was then that I realized I'd left my umbrella at home... something a TRUE Brit would never do. I have a lot to learn.

Work is going fantastically well. Kettle's Yard is such an inspiring museum, and the vision of the founder is so innovative. Jim Ede founded it and he believed in art as a way of life. He was the first curator at the Tate Modern and he was good friends with many contemporary artists of the time. He collected works, mostly of friends and decided he wanted to show them to students, so he bought property in Cambridge, filled it with his art, and opened his home to the public every afternoon. You can still go into his home, sit on the furniture, read the books and look at all the amazing art works he has displayed. I could go on, but if you're interested he has published a few books, one is called "A Way of Life" and it's particularly about Kettle's Yard. A great man he was.

I was also able to meet Margaret Greeves last week, who is a lovely woman and used to be Assistant to the Director at the Fitzwilliam Museum. She has since retired but she was kind enough to show me around and even let me sit in on a meeting concerning the design of one of their upcoming shows!! These brainstorming sessions are always so fascinating to me. It was a great experience.

So all, not too much to report, work=good, new friends=good, life=good... and two great friends are coming to visit this week!! Once they are here I'll be sure to do some classic tourist activities, and I will try to be more punctual with the posts. :)

Now... Pictures!!

This is the view towards Wolfson College. Try to imagine it without that van...


This is the slightly more impressive view of one of the other colleges... all the classics are grand like this.


This is the grocery store I shop at. There is something really very enjoyable about going to the grocery store everyday... I love it.