Hunkering Down
What to call these strange days–hibernation? quarantine? sequestration? Hunkering Down is my choice. For the past two weeks Steve and I have emerged …
Kennedy Space Center
Look up! proclaimed the title of the visitor guide for the NASA complex on Cape Canaveral, where powerful rockets are launched. On …
Music, music, music!
Long-time friends sometimes ask me, rather doubtfully, what musical opportunities I’ve found in the South Florida golf community where we live. Here …
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings have long fascinated me. In DC, I studied them at the Phillips Collection; in Santa Fe, at the Georgia O’Keeffe …
Burns Night 2020
Five years ago, Steve and I attended a fabulous, fancy celebration of Robert Burns’ 256th birthday in Beaufort SC. This year, on …
Museums with Marjo
The Frost Museum of Science and the Perez Art Museum share a parking garage and wonderful views of Miami harbor. On Marjo’s …
Riveting River
Shelby drew my name in the family gift exchange and gave me a charming portrait of myself by grandson Thomas (friends on …
Frederick Douglass
The December 1 New York Times spotlighted an exhibit on Frederick Douglass at the Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art. Five days …
Austin Public Library
Austin has a new library that goes far beyond a mere collection of books. A collection of gathering places and opportunities–indoors and …
Perspectives on Africa
What follows is no attempt at scholarship, but an effort to record my impressions of this vast continent. There is so much …