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A Rolling Crone
- by Joan Gage
- After 40 years as a journalist, I turned 60 and decided to return to my first love--painting. I’ve exhibited watercolors and photographs in Massachusetts and have a slide show of paintings below. My photo book “The Secret Life of Greek Cats” can be purchased by clicking on the cover below. I collect way too many things, but my great passion is antique photographs, from the earliest—daguerreotypes (circa 1840) up to 1900 (cabinet cards, tintypes.) I approach each one as a mystery to solve, and in unlocking their secrets have met some fascinating historic figures. For some of the stories, check the list of “The Story Behind the Photograph”. My husband Nick and I live in Grafton, MA and recently celebrated our 41st anniversary. We have 3 children, now amazing adults. And on Aug. 26, 2011, we greeted our first grandchild, Amalía-- world’s cutest baby. But this blog isn’t about grandparenting (although photos of the grandkid sneak in). As it says up top, it’s about travel, art, photography and life after sixty. And crone power.
The Story Behind the Photograph
- Hunting for Cowboys and Indians--Part 2
- Hunting for Cowboys and Indians--Part 1
- Patriotic Kids--Favorite Photos Friday
- Men Looking Silly--Favorite Photos Friday
- My Grandmother's Quilt
- Royal Brides Part 1--Victoria (and Diana and Kate
- Royal Brides Part II-Diana's Tiara and Victoria's Secret
- She Fought for Women's Rights to Divorce
- Colette--The Most Scandalous Woman in Paris
- Interpreting Our Ancestors Early Photographs--1. The Scandinavians
- American Gothic -- Painted Tintypes
- Historic Photo of My New England Village
- Behind the Wheel of the Great Race
- The Prince Imperial, Murdered by Zulus
- America's First (Self-Supportng) Woman Author
- Before Movies and TV There Were Stereoviews
- The Faces of Civil War Vets
- Older Women & Long Hair in the Olden Days
- Tots with Antique Toys--Boy or Girl?
- A Teenaged Girl's Civil War Memoir
- The Executioner's Granddaughter
- Lost Bird, Survivor of Wounded Knee, Betrayed by the White Man
- The White Slave Children of New Orleans -- Why?
- The Shocking Story of the White Slave Photographs
- A White Slave Girl “Mulatto Raised by Charles Sumner”
- The Scarred Back of a Slave Named Gordon
- Diane Arbus and Spooky Twins
- My Hunt for Emily Dickinson
- A Royal Mistress at 16, a Cougar at 58
- The Mom with Messy Hair
- Circus Freaks & Tom Thumb—The Rock Star of the 19th Century
- First Black Woman in the White House – Elizabeth Keckley (Part 1)
- Elizabeth Keckley— First Black Woman in the White House (Part 2)
- Is This a Lost Portrait of Lord Byron?
- Ophelia—A New York Deb and her Art Work
Preview my Greek Cats book
Now only ten dollars
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