Doubleheader

Fresh from yesterday afternoon’s victory, Pippa and I crowned my efforts today. Early in the afternoon, she found the book on cartooning lying on the table irresistible. She perused it over her lunch, and afterward sat down and pencilled a sketch for me (I’ll post it on flickr when I have a chance).

Then I mentioned that I’d been meaning to go over to the Block Museum at Northwestern. Pippa indicated a reluctant willingness to go with me (she feels that art museums are too boring), but when I was ready to go, she preferred to stay in the basement working on a massive laundry project. That was okay; I tackled further steps in the massive financial aid project. About forty-five minutes later, Pippa showed up at my back, holding a pair of socks for me to put on, and together we spent an hour or so examining furnishings and designs by William Morris and his colleagues. I have a weakness for the Arts and Crafts style (all the more so after a visit to Glasgow and its Charles Rennie Mackintosh House), so the wallpaper patterns, books, tapestries, and stained-glass windows all captivated me. Pippa was less vividly enthralled than I, but as always she engaged the works on display quite studiously.

On the way home, we stopped at the Norris Center for a snack sushi and Chex Mix. The walk home was clear and cold, brilliant and exquisitely illumined. Glorious.

2 thoughts on “Doubleheader

  1. Oh, it was the Mackintosh House that converted me as well! It began my transition away from a more Pop aesthetic. Now if only I could afford a decent imitation of Arts and Craft furniture… and if only I could get back to Glasgow.

  2. Hello, you have an interesting blog here – although I didn’t really understand the relevance of the socks!

    I have a Charles Rennie Mackintosh jewellery website. It specialises in Charles

    Rennie Mackintosh Art Nouveau jewellery (or ” jewelry” as the Americans spell it) and gifts and I would love you to take a look. I have also started a

    Charles Rennie Mackintosh blog and would be thrilled if you could take a look if you get

    time. 🙂

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