I'm just back from a delightful stay with daughters Eleni and Marina and granddaughter Amalia in San Francisco (bookended with stays in ...

This painting by America Artist Grant Wood is one of the ten most famous paintings in the world and one of the most parodied (along wi...

(I posted this last year and am posting it again by popular request. The crazy no-snow winter has changed the sequence of flowers now in b...

I’m just back home from a week spent babysitting the adorable #1 granddaughter in Manhattan, and once again I’m reminded why New York is m...

During photography’s infancy – from 1839 up to the Civil War – having your photograph taken was a serious matter that probably occur...

The Story Behind the Photograph This antique photo is the most expensive and I think the most interesting one in my collec...

  Last week, when I read that the volcano of Popocatepetl, known fondly in Mexico as “El Popo”, was producing fire, smoke, lav...