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We visited the Gordon Parks Museum at @fortscottcc last weekend in Fort Scott, Kansas. It’s a small space but chock full (maybe too full) of Parks’ monumental photos from his “American Gothic” to Muhammad Ali’s hands, to his iconic fashion photos. Also: an exhibit of replica furnishings from his New York City apartment, his writing desk, and more about his amazing career as a photographer, poet, director (Shaft, The Learning Tree) and author. He was born in Fort Scott in 1912, had an amazing international career and now rests in peace in Evergreen Cemetery just south of town. An American Treasure. #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #photography #fortscott #travel

Francie and the 35-foot tall fork in Chesterfield Village. This is either the world’s largest or second-largest fork, according to my five-second Google search. Whatever. I remember this being around the original Churchill’s Coffee building on S. Glenstone several years ago. Much harder to find now, as it’s tucked away in Chesterfield. #417 #dogs #publicart #springfieldmo

Was just watching “Begin Again” with all the great scenes shot around NYC, including one at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park that @_katherineyung and I visited on our awesome trip in March 2019. Ahhh… memories!

Did you know there’s a “poets district” in Kansas City? In this area on a block adjacent to the @countryclubplaza, you will find several apartment buildings each named for Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Browning, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Russell Lowell, and others. This is the building named for the St. Louis-born children’s poet Eugene Field (1850-1895) who wrote The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, Wynken Blynken and Nod, Little Boy Blue, and more. Get a load of those window boxes! 🤩

An unexpected surprise on our drive across South Dakota today. Into the Wild is one of my favorite books by my absolute favorite nonfiction author Jon Krakauer.

Thinking back to 2002 when @mitch.yung served an artists residency at @watershedceramics in Newcastle, Maine (and brought me and our two kids along!). Loved this barn and all the clay creativity it fostered. (In the last picture, our now grown kids are watching @tylergulden flip his eyelids inside out… good times!) Congratulations, Watershed, on your awesome new facilities! We loved our time here! @collinyung @_katherineyung

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