A Rolling Crone
Thursday, June 30, 2016

A Child's Grave in an English Churchyard

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Facebook reminded me that I posted this exactly five years ago.  I'm re-posting it now and am happy to say that my dear Engli...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Remembering the Gates in Central Park

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Not long ago, my friend (and prize-winning author) Nicholas Basbanes posted on Facebook  a stunning long-distance photograph  of the Gates, ...
Friday, June 17, 2016

The Changing Role of Fathers Through the Decades

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(I posted this on Father's Day three years ago but it's still appropriate today,  as the role of the father is ev...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The Executioner’s Granddaughter

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Discovering the history behind an antique photograph is my favorite kind of research.  It's like finding...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Where Does the Joy Go?

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Amalia was born, turning me into a grandmother, over four years ago and I wrote this post when she was nine months old.  Today second gran...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Our Secret Garden--Looking Back

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On Sunday June 5, 2011 I posted this brief history of our house and the development of our "secret garden".  ...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Angels in the Architecture-- Beneath the Volcano

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Wherever I go, like Paul Simon, I'm noticing angels in the architecture.  (I have a thing for angels, which I c...
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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, AmalĂ­a-- 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.
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