Autumn comes to Green-Wood
“I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.” —Robert Browning (1812–1889) Between the Gay Graves […]
Category Archives: Ephemeral New York
Hunting the Moon
“Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day” —German Proverb October’s full moon is known as the Hunter’s Moon. After […]
The Gay Graves Tour, Autumn Edition
“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.” —Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963) There will be nothing boring about the Gay Graves Tour when it returns for its […]
A Sign for Our Times
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain (1835–1910) Mark Twain lived in the Village for many years; see one of the […]
Do You Believe in Magic?
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) This advice given by Herr Goethe is more fitting to […]
The Cutting Edge
“You know how to keep a knife sharp? Don’t use it.” — Dominic Del Re (1958– , expert knife sharpener) Dominic Del Re, a 58-year old former trader in cocoa […]
Robin Williams: a Portrait in Chalk
“In America they really do mythologize people when they die.” —Robin Williams (1952–2014) Let the mythologizing begin! I found this portrait in chalk of Robin Williams on the pavement near […]
“Antiques Roadshow” : Let’s Go
“ ‘Antiques Roadshow’ is my favorite show. Every Monday night I have one hour of appointment television. I get the popcorn out and tell my husband, ‘Don’t bother me.’ ” […]
Painting and Playing in Washington Square Park
“All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.” —Paul Cezanne (1839–1906) It was a picture perfect day for painting pictures en […]
Follow Your Folly
“Beauty and folly are old companions.” —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) With a companion or alone, following the follies in Madison Square Park offers an amusing summer diversion. Mad. Sq. Art is […]
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