HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? It’s amazing to realize when I wrote this last year, we were a mere two weeks into the pandemic. We are still in the same pandemic having gone through surges, retreats, vaccination, resistance… Read More ›
Arts
THE NOSTALGIA SHOP FOR AUDIO, VIDEO, AND MORE!
That’s not what they call it, but that’s really what it is. The sign says “Stereo Discount,” but the shop is full of all kinds of old-fashioned electronic equipment. Speakers, amplifiers, turntables, tape players including reel-to-reel. Big stereo consoles. It’s… Read More ›
NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS By JANE ALLEN PETRICK
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
A DAILY BIT OF HUMOR OF BIZARRO
I’m sure there’s something political here, but no one is exactly sure what. I think maybe you can make up your own idea of what this might really mean. Or maybe it doesn’t mean anything. Take your best guess! If… Read More ›
Fresh Prizes: For Marilyn and Garry | lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
A happy 30th anniversary to both of us. Who imagined we’d last this long? Fresh Prizes Even though she thinks she knows him to the bone, another little detail comes forward to be shown. Like a little prize, presented for… Read More ›
HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? – Marilyn Armstrong
Epidemics happen and they happen regularly and surprisingly often. Humans have a funny way of forgetting anything that happened more than 10 years ago. Not studying history is bad enough, but not remembering what you actually lived through is pathetic…. Read More ›
CELEBRATING WW3 SINCE WE WON’T HAVE TIME LATER – Marilyn Armstrong
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK? LET’S START CELEBRATING WORLD WAR THREE TODAY SINCE WE WON ‘T HAVE TIME, LATER. Way back in the dark ages, the third week in February (an otherwise dreary and neglected month) was designated National… Read More ›
BRAIN SNOBS – Marilyn Armstrong
It isn’t just culture that divides us into classes. What we watch on television, see in the movies, and read also puts us into a category, often unfairly by people who don’t “get” why we like what we like. I read… Read More ›
JEWELRY AS FAMILY HISTORY, PART 1 – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Whenever my daughter, Sarah, comes to visit from LA, we always take a trip down memory lane together – in my jewelry drawers. I used to have all the jewelry I kept from my grandmother and my mom and my… Read More ›
THE CONCERT: FEBRUARY 5, 2020 – DR. ANTON ARMSTRONG AND THE ST. OLAF CHOIR – Marilyn Armstrong
I wish I could play you the music and listen to Anton speak. But I took pictures of the performance at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1857 and has that beautiful sound that only halls built… Read More ›
VISIT TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, PART 3 – BY ELLIN CURLEY
This is the third installment of photos from my trip to the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. We only covered the furniture and decorative arts section of the American Wing. Here are more photos, this time of miscellaneous things… Read More ›
MY TRIP TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I recently took a trip to New York City with my visiting daughter, to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We only visited one part of the museum, the American Wing. We focused on the furniture and decorative arts… Read More ›
