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Re: [OM] [IMGs] Isis of West Branch

Subject: Re: [OM] [IMGs] Isis of West Branch
From: Paul Cox <tastydoublecapp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:26:36 -0600
Very nice Joel.  Wish I could have went on with you, but I had a boy
expecting me home for lunch.  Here are my photographic two cents from the
beautiful, exceptionally warm Sunday:

http://paulcox.zenfolio.com/p554812426/h1e115faf#h1e115faf

Paul

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for that - looks like it was a beautiful day out!
> Jez
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Some photos are linked below, but a bit of context first.  Jez posted
> > this last July regarding Herbert Hoover and US relief to Belgium in
> > WWI:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Specifically re: Leuven (my nearest town):
> > >
> > > "After WW1 the US Commission for the Relief of Belgium, originally set
> up
> > by
> > > Herbert Hoover to deal with the war famine, was converted into a
> > scholarship
> > > foundation financing Master or PhD studies in the US. Hundreds of
> > Leuven’s
> > > professors were trained there and came back with new cutting-edge
> > abilities
> > > and a culture of research."
> >
> > After an outing with my friend Paul C., during which OMs caught some
> > of the day's beautiful light, I rode to West Branch, Iowa, and stopped
> > at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.  It's a pleasant if snoozy
> > place, with the Hoover birthplace home and a restored neighborhood
> > surrounding it, in addition to the library itself.  There is also,
> > oddly, a sculpture of Isis, which is extremely tough to photograph
> > because it was set with her face to the north so that it is always in
> > shadows against the sky in this quadrant of the world.  (This is
> > actually appropriate when you see the sculpture.)
> >
> > I had not noted before that the sculpture was a gift from the Belgian
> > people for the Hoover library.  In the context of Jez's information,
> > the whole experience of being with Isis on a beautiful late fall
> > afternoon was especially meaningful.  What a great community to be
> > part of!
> >
> > http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/Isis%20of%20West%20Branch/
> >
> > Joel W.
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