“Book-Wrapt” - the narrative thread
Aug 9, 2022 · With more people staying at home, working from home, or buying a home, there is now even a growing trend toward the home library and a term for the pleasure (and convenience) of being surrounded by books: ”book-wrapt.”. A new book published last year, The Private Library: The History of the Architecture and Furnishing of the Domestic ...
Who Cares? – the narrative thread
Sep 16, 2024 · Oh how I get this transition! I am definetely not at the apathetic stage but I am just not getting all wound up about all the stuff I cannot change. And if I can change it, I feel like I have done all the impacting I want to do with my life. I’ve made a lot of difference in my professional life, and my personal life too.
Intermission/Intermezzo – the narrative thread
Dec 29, 2017 · I review finances, close out year-end bookkeeping and revise the budget. I mark new dates on a new wall calendar (yes, in addition to the calendar on my smart-phone), noting what appointments and services I need to arrange. Oh and yes, I write real, hand-written thank-you notes for Christmas gifts. And then I start cleaning out.
Sea Winds – the narrative thread
May 1, 2022 · Galveston, oh Galveston …
Nots for New Year’s – the narrative thread
Dec 28, 2023 · Here we are again at the “intermezzo” of the year, before old becomes new again. We’re eating leftovers from Christmas, picking up all the trash, putting away dishes and gifts (if any), and settling down to write some notes, review the year, and yes — engage once again in that traditional year-end folly designed to…
Que Semana! – the narrative thread
May 29, 2023 · [The photo above is of Tlaloc, the god of rain and earthly fertility; it is from the Mexica/Aztec period (1325-1327 AD) in the Museo de National de Antropología.]
Journal – the narrative thread
Oct 18, 2024 · In classic literature, Horace, a Roman poet, advised epic poets to get straight to the heart of the story by jumping right into the action. This narrative technique is called “in medias res,” meaning in the middle. A favored technique of the Greek dramatists, it …
Let the Games Begin — Please! – the narrative thread
Jul 26, 2024 · Oh, and did I forget to mention that I just love Paris and all things French (food, wine, fashion, and of course, the indomitable people.) I am soooo tired of all the political drama and ugliness, violence and wars, climate disasters and dire economic predictions on television and in the media that I long for something that is true and real and ...
What Does Success Look Like? – the narrative thread
Jun 25, 2024 · It’s June, the season of awards and accolades, of graduations and weddings, of summer relaxation and new beginnings come fall. It is the apex of the season of success, celebrating both real achieve…
art – Page 2 – the narrative thread
Aug 8, 2022 · A recent Sunday New York Times featured full-page photo spreads of people reading all around the City: old people, young people, children; walking, sitting, lying down; on the subway, in a park, on a front stoop…