Melinda McBride

This thread reminded me of the famous (in the upper left hand corner of the contiguous United States, anyway) poster "Expose Yourself to Art" (1978).

You can see a picture and read about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expose_Yourself_to_Art

r ranson wrote:
I found Janson's book at a thrift shop.  Thanks to this thread, I knew to snatch it up.

It's a 1974 version, so hopefully it has enough to get me started.

It's also very heavy. Going to need to dedicate some reading space for this.  I wish I wasn't such a slow reader.

Colour pictures would be nice too.  Do later copies have colour?

I haven't looked at more recent editions. I expect they might cover more non-Western art. But not have more color photos. It's a textbook, so color for the photos would make it way expensive for an intro class. The professor would  be showing color slides.

You should  be able to find high-quality images of a lot of the art online now (not available when I was in college in the '70s).

If you're in B.C., you can see lots of interesting art in person (the best way!) There's the Vancouver Art Gallery & the UBC Museum. The Royal BC Museum’s (Victoria) Ethnology collection has lots of First Nations art.

If you're feeling brave enough to venture down to the States, there's the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham. The Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, the Frye Museum, Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. A bit farther, the Portland Art Museum.

Happy exploring!

This book, Non-Adhesive Bindings:Books without paste or glue, Vol 1. by Keith A. Smith (https://hollanders.com/products/non-adhesive-bindings-vol-1-keith-smith)
has lots of ideas that might work for your book.

It's been in print for a long time and is still the standard for book artists.

The standard Art History 101 textbook since the 1960s is The History of Art, by H. W. Janson. It's been revised many times. It focuses on European art, with a bit of other regions. Lots of pictures (mostly B&W). I still have my old copy from the 1970s.

It will give you an overview and you can skim through the parts that look interesting.

Check your library, maybe your local college library, or find many used copies all over the internet.

When you're done reading it, it makes a good door stop.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Sister Wendy Mary Beckett had very popular BBC and PBS art history shows. She also wrote several art history books. She approached art as Roman Catholic Sister, so keep that religious perspective in mind. She was not an academic art historian, so many people found her more approachable. She was known for her enthusiasm for art.

You might still find her books and videos in your library. There are lots of used copies available, too.

More info about Sister Wendy here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Beckett

Once you decide on your hot toddy recipe, you can listen to this while you're making it and taking it:


Might help you feel better.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Screenshot: missing Leaderboard icon left of "BB."

I'm viewing the BB in Firefox running in a Linux container under ChromeOS on a ChromBox. I'm seeing the same exact thing. Yep, click refresh and the icon briefly appears then disappears.

I'm using Privacy Badger and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. When I disable DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials and leave Privacy Badger turned on, the icon does appear.

So that may narrow the issue down to some type of privacy setting. What's different about that icon that upsets DuckDuckGo?

Steven Rodenberg wrote:Pear trees rot in steep crotch union.  Cable the trunks and your tree will go for a lot longer.

Yes, it looks like that's exactly the problem. When training young trees, try for a 45 degree angle for better strength to support fruit loads. Narrower angles can have bark inclusion, which creates weak attachment. And, in this case, allowed for rot. Cabling might help. You can also support heavy branches.

Thinning fruit can reduce weight. You might also make some thinning cuts. Your pear tree will try to regrow new branches now. Thin and train them to create better structure for the remaining life of the tree.

For an excellent guide to pruning everything, check out (the late) Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning. You'll never be the same after you read it.

Mk Neal wrote:I love my silk blouses, but sweat breaks down the fibers and I find myself needing to mend the underarms when the rest of the garment is just fine. I had actually just been thinking last week that I should start to preemptively sew patches on the inside to avoid the fabric breakdown.

You used to be able to buy "dress shields" or "underarm guards" or "perspiration guards" at fabric shops. Here's a WikiHow about how to make them, including one method for recycling old socks:
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Underarm-Guards

Gary, I don't work for this company so I'm not familiar with their exact protocols. Washington State recently passed a law allowing composting and "wet cremation" as alternatives to burial and cremation for human remains. Recompose is regulated just like other companies that handle human remains are. If you search for "Urban Death Project" and "Recompose" you can find more information about the research behind composting human remains. The idea came out of research at Washington State University for on-farm composting of animal remains.