John Dekker's Day

Thursday, September 22, 2005

7:03PM - A day in the city...

I went into the city today. I wanted to see the "Treasures of the Rijkmuseum" exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria one more time before it closes. Last time was a bit rushed, and I didn't have much time to spend on in the last room of the gallery. This contained some wonderful winter scenes, like "Diversions on Ice", by Hendrick Avercamp:


As C. S. Lewis said in Surprised by Joy, "pure northernness engulfed me"...

Today I also went to Ormond and Whitley colleges to photocopy some articles for my OT essay. Whitley had a table with a whole lot of books and a sign saying, "FREE: Take as many as you want."

I took fifteen.

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