We went out to dinner with Gabrielle Wolfsberger and Micky. See the same date in the Visitors section of the site.]]> Tom and I planned for the screening of the animation students' final project to be on Saturday the 15th, between 1 and 4. We also had Pizza delivered at about 2. Most, but not all of the students had their work ready. At about 3:50, a few students mentioned that we still had a number of students to go, implying that we would never finish. I asked them if they had somewhere they had to be, and they just stared at me. I also told them we would have to stay longer, but they were getting more than their money's worth. At that point, Tom walked back into the room, and I told him we all agreed to stay longer. We got done a bit past 5. I told one student who was not happy with how the critique went that I could stay longer, and we could go over it. We talked for almost half an hour, and in the end, I think she was reasonably satisfied with the points I made. When I left, I needed to rush home because we were meeting Gabrielle and Micky for dinner. See entries of the same date in site section: "Groups", entry: "Miso Restaurant" and in site section: "Visitors," entry: Micky and Gabrielle.]]> The Art Department Annual Holiday Party. See the previous two entries.]]> Annual Art Department Holiday Party. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Every Year (or at least almost) the Art Department has a Holliday Party.]]> Peter, Christina, Gina, and Laura were grading the Drawing I sections. And I went to Amy Laughlin's officer to get some help to work on my Christmas present, a book for Cathy (Murphy). I was having trouble finding someone to print the book. Luckily, Amy had a good suggestion-- Artifact Uprising. I contacted them and sent all the material on Sunday, December 16 and arranged for FedEx Rush delivery which is supposed to guarantee delivery by the 24th of December. When it seemed like a reasonable time to head to the department holiday party, I went downstairs to the Jade Room. See the next three entries.]]> I dropped Catherine (Murphy) off at the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a meeting she had to attend for a panel she was on. I then headed to The Guggenheim Museum to see the Hilma ef Klint exhibition. I also had lunch at the museum. I returned to the American Academy quite a while before Catherine's meeting was done. The staff offered food and drink, which I accepted and chatted with Cody Upton. I then settled down to continue reading "My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard. When the meeting ended, I saw Dorothea, Rackstraw and Philip. Cathy and I drove to pick up food for dinner and ate in the car on our drive home to Poughkeepsie.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous sixteen entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous fifteen entries and the following entry.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous fourteen entries and the following two entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous thirteen entries and the following three entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See last twelve entries and the next four entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the last eleven entries and the next five entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the last ten entries and the next six entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the last nine entries and the next seven entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the last eight and the next eight entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read t a tribute to John Yau at Poets House in NYC by Paulo Xavier. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday this close to Christmas meant particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only been to Battery Park City driving through it once. Poetry House was in a building right across from the river. After all the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was so quiet. And at night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so I could set up the thumb drive with Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. I was told they had both, but it turned out they could only accommodate PowerPoint. See the previous seven entries and the following nine entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous six entries and the following ten entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous five entries and the following eleven entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. See the previous four entries and the following twelve entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. The evening was co-hosted by Vincent Katz and Tammy Nguyen. See the previous three entries and the following thirteen entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. When we got downstairs, all of the seats were taken. It turned out they hadn't saved seats for the speakers. Luckily Suzanne Joelson had so very thoughtfully saved us seats. See the previous entry and the following fifteen entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House.nnSaturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. We waited upstairs with Tammy Nguyen and Paulo. See the following sixteen entries.]]> The Studio and Correlate Majors Critique, which we have about twice a month. At Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.]]> Joanna and I had been working together very closely on this site for the last six years. She was the first person to fill a new position]]> Digital Librarian. She left Vassar for another job. Carolyn who came in as Joanna's assistant a few years ago, will now be the person I work with most often on this site. The party was in the library.]]> Helen Lang had a birthday dinner at Formosa. I forgot to ask her which birthday. So I don't know how old she is. Catherine (Murphy) was feeling awful from a bad chest cold, but it went anyway. Mary-Beth Hughes also had a cold.,Lang, Cstherine Murphy]]> This was a meeting for senior members of the department. One reason I took a photograph at this meeting was that a photographer came to photograph the department for the yearbook. I thought it was too bad she hadn't come when the whole department was at a meeting. Christmas is coming soon, so I presume that is the star of Bethlehem over Peter's head.]]> Joanne Greenbaum conducted individual majors critiques in the afternoon. In the evening, she gave a talk on her work. After the talk, she, along with some students and faculty, went out to dinner. See the previous entry.]]> Joanne Greenbaum conducted individual majors critiques in the afternoon. In the evening, she gave a talk on her work. After the talk, she, along with some students and faculty, went out to dinner. See the following entry.]]> As usual, we headed to Betty and Jack's house for Thanksgiving. Katie and Joe came with seven children, Christopher, Joshua, Tayteana, Nicholas (who were their foster children until a few weeks ago when Katie and Joe officially adopted them), Kaya, Nyla, and Roman are currently their foster children. Betty made a lovely dinner including an incredible corn pudding. Cathy (Murphy) made and brought cranberry sauce, string beans, and white chocolate bark. See the previous entry.]]> As usual, we headed to Betty and Jack's house for Thanksgiving. See the following entry.]]> Catherine (Murphy) had a doctor's appointment with Dr. Rosen early that afternoon. In the morning we went to Sacha and Olivier's, so she could get a haircut from Olivier.]]> We all met at Mole Mole before the majors and correlates critique. We discussed staffing issues for the future. Part of this had to do with what we would request from the Dean's office in addition to requesting that my line be continued. A few weeks ago, I gave notice to the Dean, the head of the department, and the President that I was retiring from school at the end of the next academic year. We had vegetarian tacos in addition to beverages.]]> Ryan Lee was having an exhibition of the late paintings and drawings of Michael Mazur. Gail (Mazur) had emailed to tell us that she was going to be in the gallery Saturday afternoon. We planned our trip down to New York City so that we could visit with Gail. See the previous two entries.]]> Ryan Lee was having an exhibition of the late paintings and drawings of Michael Mazur. Gail (Mazer) had emailed to tell us that she was going to be in the gallery on Saturday afternoon. We planned our trip down to New York City so that we could visit with Gail. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Ryan Lee was having an exhibition of the late paintings and drawings of Michael Mazur. Gail Mazur had emailed to tell us that she was going to be in the gallery on Saturday afternoon. We planned our trip down to New York City so that we could visit with Gail. See the next two entries.]]> Carol had just returned from a residency at the McDowell Colony right before that she was at the American Academy in Berlin for some months. She mostly worked on Bay of Angels, during these residencies. So this was the first time we could get together for a while. We met for dinner at Formosa in Poughkeepsie.]]> This photograph was taken at an opening of student work at the Palmer Gallery at Vassar.]]> Adelaide and Peter were back for a little while from North Carolina. After they retired from Vassar, they moved for part of the year to North Carolina. They are thinking of selling that house and moving back around here permanently, mostly because of all the Hurricanes. Anyway, they invited us for dinner. They also invited Dan, Pat, and Miriam Cohen. Miriam couldn't come because some friends were visiting from out of town. Miriam's husband, Michael Hannagan, had recently died.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I met Tom and Joyce for dinner at the Brasserie 292 in Poughkeepsie. Dinner was pretty good, but I ordered badly.]]>