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About Dolly Lee

Dolly Lee lives on the West Coast, where she enjoys art and nature. She loves to write about soul care.

Regional Tour: The Getty Center in Los Angeles

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The Getty Center houses so much art, Dolly Lee can’t see and savor everything it offers in one day. But she makes sure she has time to linger with a museum favorite.

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Regional Tour: A Glimpse of Yosemite

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Join Dolly Lee on a hike through Yosemite National Park in this California Regional Tour.

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Literary Tour: Mariposa Museum & History Center

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Literary Tour Mariposa Museum

Join Dolly Lee for a piece of history around Yosemite in this Literary Tour to the Mariposa Museum and History Center in Mariposa, California.

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Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

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Cantor Art Center

Join Dolly Lee on her latest literary tour and explore the wide range of contemporary art in the collection at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford.

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Literary Tours: Muir Woods National Monument, San Francisco

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In today’s literary tour, hike the Muir Woods National Monument in northern California with Dolly Lee.

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Literary Tour: David Levinthal’s “MAKE BELIEVE” Exhibit at San Jose Museum of Art

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Visit David Levinthal’s ‘MAKE BELIEVE’ exhibit at San Jose Museum of art, with cultural images such as Barbie, baseball, World War II and sexual politics.

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Regional Tour: San Jose Museum of Art

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For today’s Literary Tour, we join Dolly Lee on a visit to the San Jose Art Museum with a docent who instructs us to take a closer look.

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Literary Tour: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum

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The exhibit suggested Georgia O’Keeffe painted to make the intangible, such as her feelings, more tangible.

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Literary Tour: Alcatraz

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I realize the children of Alcatraz prison staff once played on one end of the island and rode a ferry to San Francisco to attend school.

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Become a Better Writer: Artist Date at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center in Palo Alto, California

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At the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center, I close my eyes and listen to the soothing sound of skipping water and singing birds. My breathing slows.

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Literary Tour: Thoreau Center for Sustainability in San Francisco’s the Presidio

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A seed of serendipity led us to the Cafe Rx, located inside the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio, a national park set in San Francisco, California.

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Literary Tours: Palm Springs Art Museum

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On literary tours we often stop at places such as the Palm Springs Art Museum, to enjoy a visual feast.

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Regional Tours: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California

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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Tunnel Big Sur

Literary Tours took me to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. As I hiked to the lookout, anticipation was building; I hadn’t expected the trail to be so short.

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Literary Tours: Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center

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Tweetspeak Literary Tours take us many places. This time we visit Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center on the grounds of Laity Lodge retreat center.

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How to Become a Better Writer: Cantor Arts Center Artist Date

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Artist Dates help us learn how to become a better writer. Today, we only have one hour to tour an art museum with Dolly Lee. Let’s get started.

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