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Michelangelo Up Close

The Sistine Chapel is an astonishing place I am lucky to have visited twice–in 1998 with Lilli and in 2010 with Steve. …

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, a special exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, offered me a view …

Celebrating Births

December is a joyous month for Christians, and particularly for my family. My son David was born on the 18th; his twin …

Beethoven’s 251st

As the pandemic surged a year ago, there was scant celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Trying to make up for …

The Skinny on Skin

The Frost Museum of Science in Miami currently features a fascinating exhibit, Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity. On the day after Thanksgiving, my …

Botany and Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and …

My Cousin Jerry Raiza

My only first cousin, Rex Gerald (Jerry) Raiza, died on September 17, at the age of 83 after complications of aortic aneurysm …

Indigenous Wisdom

Eva Marie Carney, the mother of Elise Cohen, an outstanding piano student of mine, got me interested in Native American history many …

Art, Books & Movies

Five novels I have read over the last several decades have illuminated my understanding of famous artworks. The artists range from the …

Canopy Meg

What do you call a scientist who discovers a whole new continent above the earth’s forests? Whole tree enthusiast? True, but rather …

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