From Decoration Day to Memorial Day
“Poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you” ―from ‘Drum Taps’ part of “Leaves […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Late-Blooming Azaleas
Here’s the full-blown Azalea, perfuming the air, Here’s the Cardinal-flower, that a princess might wear. —from “Let Us Go to the Woods,” Anonymous From a cold wet winter to a […]
The 9|11 Memorial
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” —Virgil (70 BC–19 BC, Ancient Roman poet) Virgil’s quote is writ large—15-inch high letters, stretching over 60 feet—as part of […]
High Tech meets High Fashion
“Tyranny of amateurism today calls for the amateur to buy and successfully woo prominence in press and television media without devoting time to becoming the artisan of his craft.” —Charles […]
Hamilton and the Blooming Cherry Trees
“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” — Alexander Hamilton […]
A Bit of Pink amid Gray Granite
Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, NY, is 478 acres of century-old trees, in addition to its century-old permanent residents. Oh! it is true that the cemetery remains […]
A Clever and Witty “Guide”
“I don’t understand the poor. And they’re constantly turning out more. Every festering slum in Christendom is disgorging its young by the score. I suppose there are some with ambition […]
Tulip Time in the Village
And tulips, children love to stretch Their fingers down, to feel in each Its beauty’s sweet nearer. — from “A Flower in a Letter” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) You […]
Seeing Something New in the Village
“Art is a habit-forming drug, that’s all it is, for the collector, for the artist, for anybody connected with art.” —Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) I must say that I agree with […]
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