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I own two autographs.

One I recently received as a gift from a friend a work. A 1963 black and white photo of Bobby Unser. It even has my name on it. I’ll never throw it away. What a thoughtful gift.

This image always reminded me of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

The other autograph (signature really) is a signed agreement to appear in a program at the Indianapolis Museum of Art by Kurt Vonnegut. I was eager to meet him and attend his talk. Unfortunately he died a few weeks before his Indy trip. Another friend from work saved the contract and gave it to me. So sweet.

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I’m about to begin my last week of work. I started at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in December of 2004. It’s been an incredible journey filled with tremendous growth, learning, laughter, mistakes, travel, success and innovation. What a five years. On March 1, I begin the next challenge, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

On the roof of the IMA

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This is the first of what I hope to be a series of blog posts where I introduce some people and blogs I have been lucky to discover during my travels, meetings, conferences and the exploration online.  I hope you enjoy.

So, the first of this series focuses on the blog Stuck at the Airport by Harriet Baskas.  I’m a travel junkie and absolutely adore airports. I wasn’t lucky enough to travel through JFK and see the Eero Saarinen TWA terminal during its heyday, but I would have truly appreciated it. To provide a little background, I’ve been fortunate to travel frequently. My favorite airport is Singapore’s Changi and as an Indianapolis resident, I started the the IND Flickr group. Through my work at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, I convinced Patrick Smith, author of Ask the Pilot, to write a beautiful, compelling blog post, The Jetliner as Art. I love airports, traveling and planes.

The beautiful sterile Changi

But enough about me.

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