Monday, October 29, 2012

There's Always a First Time

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In parts of West Virginia and Maryland, the National Weather Service issued a rare blizzard warning. "I can't ever remember a hurr...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Fine Arts Friday: "Art Came Before Everything"

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Handprints at the El Castillo cave in Spain, where paintings have been dated to as far back as 40,800 years ago.  "It is clear tha...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Fine Arts Friday: George Bellows: An Ashcan Classicist

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The Cliff Dwellers, 1913 If you live in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., you have til October 8 to see the exhibition of paintings by ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The Pattern of Perfection by Nancy Hale

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Nancy Hale The Pattern of Perfection by Nancy Hale (1908-1988), a collection of thirteen short stories, definitely falls into that genr...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Zora Neale Hurston and Margaret Rawlings: A Florida Friendship

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Zora Neale Hurston: a great lady . Two Florida writers, bent on translating their Florida environs for the outside world--Zora Neale Hur...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

The Small Town as a Greek Chorus

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New England Interior by Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1906. I wonder if the interior that is the actual subject of this painting is the private...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Dhobi Ghat: Connection

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The Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai, India. See the picture there? That is the outdoor laundry in Mumbai, India, called Dhobi Ghat. The movie Dhobi...
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