Rare Book School 2009 Day 2 in C'ville

Our first full day at RBS started with a wonderful breakfast at our inn. While they generally do not start breakfast until 8am, they were ready to serve those of us attending RBS at 740 so we could make it by our 830 start. Breakfast included a pesto and prosciutto strata, fresh melon, apple crumble muffin and peppered bacon. What a great day to start the day.

The class is just great and I can, after one day, not recommend it highly enough to anyone so inclined. The class is small (12), the instructor brilliant (Terry Belanger) and the subject matter extremely interesting. Getting to handle examples of everything while discussing it is great. Being handed blocks and tools and told we have three days to carve the block should be interesting...if not "good".

The day ended with a wonderful presentation by Stephen Greenberg of special collections at the National Library of Medicine. He spoke of treasures and exhibits at NHL, like Turning the Pages Online (allowing the examination of selections from their collections); the wonderful exhibit "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine" and, the famed Disney, ADA project, "Clara Cleans Her Teeth". It was good fun and very interesting.

Dinner with friends. About to start carving my block (image, at some point, to follow). What a great day.