Monday, November 24, 2014

Piedmont Nature Trails at the North Carolina Botanical Garden

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A year ago in November we traveled to North Carolina to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with our family in Chapel Hill.  On Thanksgiving da...
Monday, November 17, 2014

DEGAS' Little Dancer and Works by ANDREW WYETH at the National Gallery, Washington, DC

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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen , Original Wax Sculpture by Edgar Degas On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I spent the morning at the Natio...
Monday, November 10, 2014

MARTHA, THE LAST PASSENGER PIGEON, at the Natural History Museum, Washington, DC

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Illustration of a Passenger Pigeon by Mark Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands , 1729-1747 Once the...
Monday, November 3, 2014

FLAMINGOS, GIRAFFES, CONDORS AND MORE: Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, CA

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Chilean Flamingo, Santa Barbara, Zoo Recently, on a trip to Santa Barbara, California, I decided to go to the zoo where I had not been ...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

FESTIVALS OF MEXICO: Day of the Dead, Guest Post by Ann Stalcup

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Skeleton Figures for Day of the Dead My friend and fellow children's book author Ann Stalcup has been fascinated by Mexican customs ...
Monday, October 20, 2014

POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION, A Vicarious Visit to Ancient Roman Times

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Two thousand years ago, Pompeii was a bustling seaside Roman town, not far from the modern city of Naples, Italy.  It lay at the foot ...
Monday, October 13, 2014

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR at the California Science Center, Los Angeles

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Entrance to Space Shuttle Exhibit at the California Science Center In the fall of 2012, I watched on television as the space shuttle End...
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