Sunday, April 29, 2018

Remembering May Baskets and May Wreaths

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(I see violets popping up in the yard, reminding me of the fun of making and sharing May baskets--a spring ritual that seems to have faded ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Interpreting Our Ancestors' Early Photographs--1. The Scandinavians

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I first posted this in January of 2015, discussing some vintage photographs of my Swedish and Norwegian ancestors--my father's side. I e...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The Children of Damascus--Again

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 I visited Damascus twelve years ago--one of the holiest and most historic cities in the world, during an excursion from a cruise ship.  Ent...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

Greek Easter--The Drama Begins

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I first posted this in April of 2010, when Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter happened to fall on the same day.  This year Greek Easter i...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Billionaire's Yacht "Guilty" , the Island of Hydra & Michael Jackson in Art

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Four years ago today, on March 23, 2014, I republished this essay about modern art and a very strange yacht I saw on the island of Hydra--a ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Valentines in the U.S.--It All Started Here!

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Time to re-post my annual V al entine's Day essay. I see th at in today's New York Times there i s...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Royal Brides Part II—Diana’s Tiara and Victoria’s Secret

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-->          Last week I posted about Queen Victoria’s revolutionary wedding dress, which broke with tradition in 1840 by be...