This Just In!

Stop the presses! Hold the phones! Extry, extry, read all about it!

Just a quick (and exaggerated) note to let all my friends know that I'll be here at my post for the foreseeable future. As of September 3 I'll be employed. Yep, back in the saddle again. And I'll be back to a world I love, too; I'll be back to being an art dealer. A friend of mine from my previous incarnation as an art gallery director also owns a gallery, and his long-time assistant finally decided to retire, and I get to replace her. 19th and early 20th Century art, mostly marine paintings but with a lot of landscapes as well, many from the Hudson River School of painters.

So you'll still be getting my pics of and historical meanderings about Newport and surroundings, the birds and the gravestones, the mansions and the salt marshes. A little less frequently, perhaps, but I'll be working overlooking the harbor, and there are plenty of interesting things to look at and ponder between work and home. And as you know, my camera goes everywhere with me, even to work.

And Alan, it looks like I'll still be here when you drop by on the cruise next year. So it's a good deal for everybody!

As you were.