Greetings from the Worcester Art Museum

It rained all day Sunday from before we were awake until after dark, so we made indoor plans. The Worcester Art Museum, which has a superb armaments collection, had an arms and armor demonstration called Secrets of Swordplay, so we went to that -- it was like a slightly less goofy Fight School at the Maryland Renfaire, with volunteers from the audience and explanations of how sword design and combat evolved -- then we visited the armory and also the newly reopened American galleries, which are arranged by theme rather than chronologically. 

The museum also has two exhibits on weather: one that's mostly illustrations about art and early meteorology, another multimedia presentation on the response of local creators to climate change both physically and artistically. We saw those before we left as it was closing, stopped at Shaw's on the way home, had gnocchi for dinner, and watched Marty Supreme. It's not a movie about likeable people, and a lot of bad decisions are made by a lot of people, but Chalamet, A'zion, and Paltrow all give interesting, messy performances that are enjoyable to watch.