Remember the story of the Little Engine That Could? With his determination and persistence, that little locomotive became a role model for beating the odds. Here in Fresno, we have our own incarnation of that unstoppable hero on wheels. And although it is less mobile, it is every bit as inspirational.
It was a grandpa day again. Grandpas are always on the hunt for the next big adventure. This day, I had a seven year old and a five year old with enough energy to rival a nuclear power plant and enough curiosity to fill a large city phone book with questions in six point type.
A high quality museum reproduction, I thought staring at a familiar object in a locked case in the antique store, a new Mecca for rare international art objects. I had painstakingly studied and catalogued an exact duplicate of the artifact for the New York Metropolitan Museum ten years ago--an unforgettable time for me as assistant to the curator with whom I had fallen in love.
