Every time I travel, I visit libraries and archives, not museums that often, though there are those visits as well. The written word, the ink on the page, the lives documented on parchment, vellum, in illuminated manuscripts, even government records – these fuel and inspire me. On my most recent trip to Italy, I wentContinueContinue reading “Archives and Libraries: Accessing Italy’s Cultural Heritage”
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Nätsänken (net sinkers)
Today’s post is not about a place or a person, but about an object of material culture from Finland. Some years ago I met, and became friends with, a Finnish textile historian. She invited my daughter and I to visit her in Helsinki and so we did in 2013. One of the trips we tookContinueContinue reading “Nätsänken (net sinkers)”
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