[Magdalen] I've been watching

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was reading these posts and asked my wife, "Why don't we visit the FDR
museum?"  That's where we spent the afternoon.

It has been a while since we were there.

It is quite a place.  They have divided it into several stages of his life,
and you walk through his life and go through the stages.

He really was a privileged youngster. One thing that came through, however,
was his interest in doing good.  He broke some stereotypes, picking Frances
Perkins for the Secretary of Labor. Perkins would use this position as a
stepping stone to winning the Golden Halo a few years later (okay, quite a
few years later).

We had a grand time, as we had seen some documentaries, and here we could
actually see the real thing they were reporting on.

FDR had a room in the museum which he used for a private study and they
keep it as he left it the last time he was in Hyde Park.

On another floor they have the desk FDR used when he was President. It was
the desk originally used by Herbert Hoover, and it stayed, along with all
the other furniture, in the White house from administration to
administration.  Harry Truman had always been in FDR's shadow, and he said
he just couldn't use the same desk FDR used, so it now sits behind
plexiglass.  You can touch objects on a touchscreen, and the object is
brought up so you can turn it around and there is an explanation of how it
worked. FDR loved gadgets and souvenir-type items.  His desk was always
covered with them.

There was a huge picture of FDR being sworn in and part of his speech was
playing.  It was a great way to spend the day. I suppose a lot of books are
going to be written about what is coming.  For now, I'm just thinking about
the neat stuff we saw, and the memories it stirred.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have watched, too.  I don't have a reason, I just did.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been watching, except for a quick trip down the street to get my
> hair
> > cut.  Apart from having overall heaviness of spirit, the tears I have
> shed
> > all have involved scenes of the Obamas and their endless style and grace.
> > Damn!  What a loss!
> >
> > I have watched a certain amount of CBC commentary of the same scenes.  I
> > am NOT amused by our Min. of Naural Resources unseemly enthusiasm for
> > getting various pipelines kicked into action, as it were within the hour.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> > On 1/20/2017 11:35 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> >
> >> A choirmaster and I had a little go-round once about how he seemed
> >> never to accompany Anglican chant. I talked him into accompanying Ps.
> >> 35 on a recording we did, and he did so very softly and dropped out on
> >> selected verses...it turned out awesome.
> >>
> >> But full organ-playing and the sort of word-painting or mood-setting
> >> involved is an art form all its own. One rarely hears an unaccompanied
> >> psalm in BBC-broadcast choral evensongs.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> >> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The only comment on that exquisite version is the lack of
> accompaniment,
> >>> which provides a substantial initial layer of musical interest and is
> >>> routine for Anglican Chant.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>