Celebrating Independence
As the the Summer Solstice coincided with a full moon for the first time in 49 years, my daughter, grandsons and I …
Women’s Suffrage
The Lucy Burns Museum in Lorton, Virginia, tells the remarkable story of Lucy Burns and Alice Paul and six months that changed history. …
Art by Women
Trailblazing artists who happened to be women were the subjects of an astonishing exhibit last winter at the Norton Museum of Art …
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh
On our last day in Scotland Anne Rennie surprised me with a visit to the Edinburgh Art Festival, at Jupiter Artland. Like Storm King …
Relaxing in Scotland
Steve had already played in two Scottish golf tournaments when he met my train in Inverness on August 12. We drove north …
MusicLink Laureate
It was an honor in May to be recognized as a Laureate by the MusicLink Foundation for over twenty years of service. In …
Cherrydale’s Russia Initiative
The year was 1997. In a remote town in the Ural Mountains, two girlfriends in the same apartment building shared dreams. Anna …
Puzzling with Seurat
Our celebration of the Fourth of July with Carolyn and Phil Cohan at their Eastern Shore home started out rainy. Soon three …
Walking the C&O Towpath
Kathalina Stein and I have walked together every Tuesday morning (whenever we’re both in town) for the last 17 years. We have …
Night to Remember
Yo Yo Ma played at the home of our dear friends, Elizabeth and Jan Lodal, on May 13, as a prelude to …