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 […]
A Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral
“Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?” —Henry II of England, wondered aloud about removing the thorn, Archbishop St. Thomas Becket, from his side. Saint Archbishop Thomas Becket (1118-1170) […]
The World’s Fair Today
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears There’s so much that we share That it’s time we’re […]
A Polish Easter Party
Wesolego Alleluja : a Polish Easter Greeting What great serendipity we enjoyed this past Easter Sunday. Our walk through Central Park brought us to a Polish Easter party at the base […]
New York’s Easter Parade, 2014
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet And of […]
Hunting Easter Eggs
“Goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Court” —the position given to Carl Fabergé and his company Fabergé was awarded his prestigious position following the enormous success of his jeweled […]
A Show of Orchids
Just as I wonder whether it’s going to die, the orchid blossoms and I can’t explain why it moves my heart, why such pleasure comes from one small bud on […]
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