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brandi's avatar

omg had no idea the rubin museum is closing, that’s such a bummer

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brandi's avatar

also your trip looked amazing / i’m glad your skull is okay?!

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Bud Smith's avatar

Thank you Brandi, skull is doing good, and yes it sucks that that museum is closing

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Amy Lyons's avatar

Francois, how I love her.

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Bud Smith's avatar

Where I’m at in my reading as of now, Francois is by far my favorite and I basically stand up cheering whenever she shows up

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Amy Lyons's avatar

Page 55 of the Davis translation: “…Madame is worse than those X rays (she said X with an affected difficulty and a smile to poke fun at herself, an ignorant woman, for using that erudite term) that they brought in for Mme. Octave and that see what you have in your heart,” and disappeared, embarrassed that someone was paying attention to her, perhaps so that we would not see her cry; Mama was the first person who gave her that sweet sensation, the feeling that her life as a countrywoman, her joys, her sorrows could be of some interest…”

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