Words of Worth

Expect the Unexpected

Sometimes people don’t do what we expect them to do, but rather, they do the unexpected. This observation was driven home to me the other day when my book club, after having read a novel about art forgery, decided that the best place to conduct our “after the reading” discussion was at the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia.

The museum is unique in that Barnes integrated his collection in “ensembles” of mixed media so it was no surprise to see a 20th -century Picasso positioned next to a…

A Farmer’s Expectation

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned our family would be moving soon.  Soon is now SOON!  The clock is ticking.  Last weekend we emptied out half our house and moved our son into his first apartment.  Next week, our daughter leaves for camp in Mississippi and then the true countdown begins.  Packers and movers will arrive and we will start our journey South.  I am trying to decide what goes, what stays, what will be placed into storage and what we will need until we see all our “stuff”…