Monday, October 31, 2016

BENICIA, CA: Art, History, and Small Town Charm on the Carquinez Strait

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Benicia, California. Former Rail Ferry Depot Recently, on a sunny afternoon in late August, I drove with friends from our house in Oak...
Monday, October 24, 2016

RARE BOOKS, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS and More at the Philadelphia Free Library

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Entrance to the Free Library of Philadelphia It may seem like a bus-man's holiday, but as I often do when I travel, I like to vi...
Monday, October 17, 2016

RUNNYMEDE SCULPTURE FARM, Spreckels Estate in Woodside, California

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Horse Head for Runnymede by Ilan Averbuch Imagine a farm that instead of growing corn, wheat, or watermelons, sprouts giant sculptures ...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

FOWLER MUSEUM, UCLA, Three Exciting New Exhibits: Prints, Fiber Art, and Yarn Paintings; Los Angeles, CA

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Huichol Yarn Painting, on exhibit at the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA One of my favorite places to take visitors to Los Angeles is the...
Monday, October 3, 2016

Muenster, Germany: A Tour of the Historic Center at Night

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Muenster's Historic Town Hall, viewed at night Earlier this year, my husband Art visited Muenster, Germany , for a scientific confe...
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Monday, September 26, 2016

BUTTERFLIES ALL AROUND: New Butterfly Pavilion, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles

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A Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, a California native species Butterflies are nature’s jewels of the air. When I was a child, one of o...
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Monday, September 19, 2016

LONDON CANALS, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle

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Canal and Towpath, Regents Park, London My friend and fellow children's book writer, Gretchen Woelfle, has spent the last seve...