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Monthly Archives: May 2017
50 WAYS TO BE 50 – Guess Who Turns a Half Century Today (cough)?
Might as well have some fun with it…. As my mother said, you can’t avoid turning 50 if you want to live… 4. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Melodies Linger On
Tagged 50, 50 Cent, 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, 50 Words for Snow, birthday, Dollar, Euro, fifty, gif, half dollar, Kate Bush, Paul Simon, States
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The Passing of The Oriole’s Song
The Last Question I do not remember what my father said when we last spoke. But my mother remembers … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Literary Lyricism
Tagged 1930, BJ Elder, bombing raid, china, Dave Elder, EastBridge, girlhood, Hunan, Kendal, Meeting, memoir, memorial, poetry, Quaker, The Oriole's Song, wartime, World War 2, Yuan River, Yuanling
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Highlights from ART NY 2017
Another year, another visit to the ART NY expo. Here are pictures of some of the works that intrigued me this year (last year’s can be seen here). Some famous names are included here among the up and comers, like … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged Amarist, Andy Warhol, Armando Marino, ART NY, Balint Zsako, Banksy, Bjorn Skaarup, Carole Feuerman, Casper Faassen, Christian Vincent, Claudia Alvarez, Claudio Alvarez, Corvengi Mikaelian, Damien Hirst, Dashi, Elizabeth McGrath, Eran Shakine, Eric Zener, Evfrosina Lavrukhina, Fernando Botero, Fidia Falashetti, Frederico Uribe, Gil Bruvel, J. K. Rowling, Jack Tsai, Jeff Koons, Jessica Potenza, Jorge Marin, José Cabo, Julian Voss-Andreae, Justin Bower, Kaï, Kwang Ito Shin, Lady Gaga, Liechennay, Ma Dan, Marck, Metis Atash, Michael Glancy, modern art, Montse Valdes, Moto Waganari, Naoya, Nemo Jantzen, Orit Hofshi, Pablo Picasso, Peter Combe, Polles, Rivero-Cintra, Roberto Fabelo, Roy Lichtenstein, Samuel Salcedo, Sondheim, Tobias Møhl, Toledo del Rio, Tomoko Konno, Toots Zinsky, WhisBe, Zorikto Dorzhiev
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The “Grande Dame” is Back in the Opera
“You are like a circus-horse. As soon as you hear the music, you start dancing.” That’s the loving joke my father used to make about my mother, most likely in German amongst their Berlin friends, since “Zirkuspferd” (circus-horse) is a … Continue reading
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