We cut out of work early today and drove down to Ithaca to pick up my djembe at Toko Drum Store in Ithaca. We did this despite knowing that Cornell was having some sort of Swine Flu outbreak. Toko’s owner,Tom, put a new head on it for me. He is the nicest guy and a true craftsman. He told us that after took the old drum head off he felt something pretty powerful while handling the drum. He couldn’t tell if the sensation was related to the maker of the drum or someone who had played it but he said it was a really good feeling.
I bought the drum from Bob Ament who just lost his race for Irondequoit Town Supervisor on Tuesday. He had just returned from the Peace Corps when he opened a small shop on Monroe Avenue that sold African crafts.
From Ithaca we drove up Route 34 on the east side of Cayuga Lake to Auburn. I had one day left to pick up the painting that I had in the “Made In New York” show otherwise the work became the property of the Schweinfurth Museum. While we were there we saw the current show called “Collage + Assemblage”. Our favorite piece was a book called by Anne Havens called “Resuscitations”. The photo above is a detail from one of the pages.
The museum director gave us directions to an organic restaurant outside Auburn called the Restaurant at Elderberry Pond. They had the best bread in the world and some delicious fresh tomato juice.
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