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Straght-grained rectitude

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Photo and caption by WILLIAM MORGAN Lumber was a big part of New England's early economy. We began by supplying the best trees for masts for the Royal Navy. There is still something in our genetic make-up that attracts......

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 Tags  Church of the Messiah   lumberyards   Olneyville  

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Recession perspective; great with goats; cold, lovely beaches

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

Now at the Clark Art Institute, in Williamstown, Mass.: Morning Glories, Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century, by Suzuki Kiitsu (Japanese, 1796-1858) One of a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, color and gold on gilded paper, 5 ft.......

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 Tags  Brad Kessler   Clark Art Institute   Eliot Winer   Goat Song   Maine beaches   Suzuki Kiitsu  

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