greenivygraphicsApr 27, 20221 minMemorable FanciesAll good wishes to those who observe EasterI was grown before I learned about the eastern european blessing of the Easter basket, with its carefully enumerated collection of...
Katya ReimannApr 23, 20222 minBookshelfUkrainian BookshelfIt's Saturday, April 23, as I'm writing this. There are still Ukrainians holding out in the steel plant in the ruins of Mariupol. In...
greenivygraphicsApr 20, 20221 minLives & PlacesDorothy Carleton SmythDorothy Carleton Smyth (1880 – 16 February 1933) "...the Golden Age of Book Illustration occurred in London at the end of the 19th...
Time & placeSometimes it's about when you read some piece of writing that it becomes totemic. Sometimes it's just the writing. "The past," he...
Life BookshelfIt's May. I've written these words before: 'I spend a lot of time thinking about books, writing, and what it means for an artist to have...
What mighty fraud diverts our souls from deeds of honor? No doubt I have made errors in transliteration, but here is a lovely piece by the Italian poet Petronilla Paolini Massimi (1663-1728), as...