Art Heist

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Early in the morning of March 18th, 1990, thieves heisted  paintings and other art objects from the splendid Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston: among them three Rembrandts,  a Vermeer, and numerous Degas sketches.  The museum is a spectacularly beautiful residence … Read the rest

February Coffee

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You have to hand it to February in New England.

Sunrise.

I was just driving for a coffee, people.  Medium, dark, no sugar.

©Pat Coakley 2009

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BRIDGE LIMBO

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“Low Clearance” the train trestle said.

Yikes.

No kidding, Dick Tracy.

I suggest they repaint the trestle to “Bridge Limbo”, a engineering version of the African dance meant to symbolize the whole cycle of life.

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