A little “rehash” so to speak

We planned to meet Phil Mckean at the Farnsworth museum today at 11 AM. Phil called about 10:30 to say that he was running a little late. He'd get there about 11:30. So we got there at about 11:30. But we discovered that the museum is closed on Tuesday. So we waited in the car and Phil got there closer to noon. We decided that even though the museum was closed, we could still get some lunch and eat it in the garden behind the museum. So I got a table and saved it, and Phil and Ellen went to get lunch. There is a place called the Atlantic Bakery across the street from the museum and has very good sandwiches and baked goods. This is exactly what we did a few weeks ago when Suzanna was visiting and we met her and Phil for lunch at this very spot. Today, Phil had been on a zoom session the previous evening which was about indigenous peoples in New England. He ended up telling us a bit about his family roots in Texas and their impact on the indigenous peoples of Texas. His great-grandparents were homesteaders from Iowa, and of course they were farming land which had been taken away from the indigenous populations and sold to white people for $1 an acre. This is our history which most white people are in denial about. A lot like my family history, except that in my case, my great-grandfather was a slave-owner and also farming land taken from indigenous peoples. Certainly, a responsible attitude toward this history involves a first step: acknowledging that it happened. Then talking about it. Learning what you can about it. And then possibly there's something you can do about it. After lunch, Phil went on to see Deborah, and Ellen and I drove up to Rockport so I could show her where Phil and I went for lunch yesterday at Rockport Harbor. We also just drove by Quarry Hill, which is very close to the harbor. So in several ways, today was a rehash of yesterday. It was good!

You can rent this boat for a private family 3-hr. sail for only $475!

A sculpture at the Farnsworth.

Andre the Seal - again.

The wharf at Rockport************************************************ LATER Mary had a copy of a History of Owl's Head written a couple of decades ago. I learned something about the Crocketts of Owls Head from it. The area of Crockett's Beach and the road leading up to it was owned by a Nathaniel Crockett back in the latter 18th century. The island you see looking out from the cottage we stayed in, called Sheeps Island today, was Crockett Island back then. And according to another source I had, the brother of the English ancestor of the Maine Crocketts was the ancestor of the Virginia Crocketts, which is probably my ancestral tree. So I guess I have a distant connetion with this area.