I had a great time yesterday speaking to about 25 or 30 very knowledgable and attentive people about Commander Will Cushing at the Naval War College in beautiful, humid Newport RI. John Kennedy of the museum was a terrific host, and he and his colleagues brought out this wonderful folk art painting of Cushing for the occasions. As it turns out, it was the same portrait I flirted with purchasing at an auction in the summer of 2014. I must say, it looked better in person than in the catalog, and it was nice to see it, even though it did provoke something of a staring contest between the Will of the painting and the Will of the book cover. Chill, fellas!
Before the talk I popped on a pair of headphones and appeared on WDAK radio. Host Bruce Harvey asked very perceptive questions that sure covered a lot of ground in fifteen minutes. Thanks to Jacob Sullivan for arranging.
