I hope everyone will have a delightful, prosperous, healthy, productive, and enjoyable year in 2023.
Another year of blog posts about food, travel, and books is complete, and I continue posting at
I plan to keep posting there, as I have for several years since I consolidated my efforts into just one blog. As the end of the year quickly approaches, I wanted to find a way to wrap up one of our favorite activities. Some years I feature favorite meals or favorite bird -- this year, here are some of my favorite art experiences, as reported at maefood.blogspot.com.
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Washington, D.C. March, 2022 |
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Charlottesville Art Park. March, 2022 |
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Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. April, 2022. |
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Are fireworks art? Burns Park, Ann Arbor. July 4, 2022. |
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The Fox Center in Iceland. An unusual museum! August, 2022. |
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Museums in Greenland often document the skills of kayaking. August, 2022. |
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Outdoor art in Greenland includes some fantastic rock carving. |
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University of Michigan Museum of Art, September, 2022. |
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Among the fabulous museums in Holland: the Mauritshaus in the Hague. November, 2022.
Three Van Gogh Museums![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihFYmA_80h9qhu3mu0SGxA3wgybrl6M7san0ihHkZ6_6GR5FzDXuGWEPw8Hr1l2pCMe99SRQ75nWtp9bmxfnArLA_C39OaG1KRhBKTpP4JrW4WnvTS-vUfnuq2b2Fzh60ettLVPaCL1UtsqhCVfDCfEHk6azhebX9IEP5XclJSUMF-VBfXzw=w419-h640) | Detroit Institute of Arts: "Van Gogh in America." November, 2022. |
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The Kröller-Müller Museum, November, 2022.
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