{"id":6196,"date":"2023-07-25T11:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:43:50","slug":"roots-stones-and-baggage-by-brown-lethem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6196","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Roots, Stones and Baggage,&#8221; by Brown Lethem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The July 23, 2023 worship at Durham Friends Meeting was begun by Richard Brown Lethem reading poems from his recently published chapbook, <em>Roots, Stones and Baggage<\/em>.  It is available from \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bamboodartpress.com\/store\/bamboo_dart_press.html\">Bamboo Dart Press<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Roots, Stones &amp; Baggage<\/em>\u00a0is a collection of paintings and poems that span over seventy years of his life. Both the poems and the paintings take many stylistic turns that mirror those of his life. Works written and painted in Missouri, Paris, Brooklyn, Maine &amp; California reflect those surrounding sometimes taking flight into the ether and at other turns digging into the core of all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-1024x986.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-768x739.png 768w, https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-1536x1479.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM-312x300.png 312w, https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-25-at-11.39.18-AM.png 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The July 23, 2023 worship at Durham Friends Meeting was begun by Richard Brown Lethem reading poems from his recently published chapbook, Roots, Stones and Baggage. 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