Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Library—A trio (Opus 11) by Beethoven—very beautiful in its extreme simplicity—a sonata (Cello & Piano) by Shostakovich entertaining & clever in a superficial way, full of bizarre effects but without any emotion—and a trio by Brahms, very fine—Joe B. had told us of this concert last night & we saw him a moment afterwards. Also two of the Anderson girls.; ; ; ; ; Nov. 11—(Tues.); Take B to Dr.—then southward sketching. Rain threatened but I went any-way—Lunch on the Concord Rd—some rain, and { Flocks of blue-jays & robins on Brown Hill Rd } great ragged dramatic skies, with a vast sunlit far to the S.E. North in the Moore Rd.—Park by woods & try to do a sketch of road etc—first a try in car—then with much difficulty set up the umbrella & a burlap such as a rain-guard. An entrancing subject, but the rain & wind increased so violently that a fine mist poured in from all sides, and my paper was so wet I had to quit.; Just before this a couple living in the house, (a new one) come to look at my sketch—She said “It does look like the moors doesn’t it”—They invited me to coffee with them when I was thru but, wet & cold and disappointed over my failure, I was in such a vile mood that I could not endure the thought of talking to strangers over a cup of coffee, and I drove home as fast as I could (with reasonable safety)—I scarcely saw the beauty of rain-misted woods & hills, and the great sweeping ragged skies ever rushing north-eastward. Home, I was in a nasty mood all evening.; In the news, a picture of a man—“who is the silly looking fellow” I casually wondered—with a shock I read my own name under it! (Probably a photograph taken at the news office by “Ken”