Squashed!
Speaking of last weekend, we had a really marvelous dinner on Saturday. We stopped by a farm stand between Silverton and Portland and loaded up on all kinds of delicious stuff.
Speaking of things that are orange:
Aaltered States
This weekend was very busy, with a Valentine’s dance for S., and a trip to Mt. Angel for J & I. I took him up to the abbey.
It’s very beautiful in some expected but also some unexpected ways.
The real feature is the Aalto-designed library, a library that I feel very connected to from some past experiences.
The periodical room has such good light. The whole library is built against the side of a hill, so there are these beautiful lit spaces, but not all just from swaths of windows.
I love how well cared for everything is, but also well-used.
I snuck into one of the unused closed carrels. You know, Mt. Angel is only ten minutes from Silverton. I’m tempted to develop a project that merits requesting one of these. From what I could tell, there were a few available. Also many open carrels that could be reserved. How nostalgic that makes me feel.
There’s also a fairly sound proof listening room on the lowest level (well, above the basement). J and I had the place to ourselves, and we listened to some Schubert. Then we danced a little to Billie Holiday. It was very romantic.
