My Late Parents, in healthier times
I’m going to try, once again, to make it all the way to Boston today, for a short stay. As you may remember, I had to do a U-turn three weeks ago, when I was heading for the press preview of the new Norman Foster-designed expansion of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, because of my mother’s suddenly deteriorating condition.
My mother was a strong woman of great style, intelligence, grace and caring. She hung for on more than a week longer than her hospice nurse had expected. (Who can predict these things?) Having lost both of my parents within three months of each other, I’m now starting to pick up the loose ends of my life. But I still do have to remind myself that I don’t need to call to see how they’re doing or visit their apartment to cheer them up.
To cheer me up, I decided I owed myself that trip to Boston that I had been planning. It’s always good to see a new museum facility with real people (not just press people) roaming its spaces, so maybe this change of date will have a plus side. (I have another art-related sidetrip in mind, but we’ll see how that goes.)
I may or may not be blogging on Monday and Tuesday. If I do, I won’t
be e-mailing the links to those posts to CultureGrrl Donors, until after I return home.
Speaking of donors, my warmest thanks go out to Repeat CultureGrrl Donor 149, who has singlehandedly defrayed nearly one-third of the cost of my new computer (which, so far, is a Rolls Royce compared with my five-year-old jalopy).
Also, sharp-eyed readers may have noticed a subtle link in a small gray box at the top of my righthand column. It’s soon going to be changed to something a little more enticing (and noticeable). But at this writing, it says:
By clicking on that, you’ll arrive at the web page where you can advertise on CultureGrrl through the Blogads Network (which also includes such well-known blogs as PerezHilton, DailyKos and Wonkette). The “blog advertising” link below the gray box brings you to the entire network.
Advertising through Blogads will give you many more options in terms of size, duration and special effects (flash) than are available in my middle column’s “CultureGrrl Classifieds” (which still exist as an option for advertisers).
I’d be thrilled to have museum and gallery exhibition ads brightening up my righthand column. Doesn’t your museum store or art gallery have some catalogues, blue hippos or Picassos that you really need to bring to the attention of CultureGrrl‘s generous, devoted art aficionados?
Now you can!