Monday, January 20, 2025

MARY CASSATT AT WORK, Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

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A Kiss for Baby Ann, No. 3, 1897, pastel by Mary Cassatt. Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA. Mary Cassatt, known for her sensiti...

REMEMBERING WILL ROGERS’ HOUSE-- Lost in the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, CA

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Will Rogers' House, Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA. “I never met a man I didn’t like.”—Will Rogers, cowboy, humorist, ...
Monday, January 13, 2025

ASTRA LUMINA – MUCH MORE THAN A LIGHTED GARDEN, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Astra Lumina exhibit, Seattle, WA. Start gate or "Astra Archway." My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent cont...
Monday, January 6, 2025

SANGRE DE NOPAL/BLOOD OF THE NOPAL: Exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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Sangre de Nopal exhibit at the Fowler Museum, UCLA. One of my favorite museums in Los Angles is the Fowler Museum on the campus of UCLA, wi...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 from THE INTREPID TOURIST

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Caroline, ice skating at Bottineau Park in Northeast Minneapolis, 1950. "By New Year’s Day, the pine needles of the Christmas tree are ...
Monday, December 23, 2024

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from THE INTREPID TOURIST

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Scheaffer family in apartment at NENH, 1950. "On Christmas Eve, after my brothers and I are asleep, my parents arrange “Santa’s” gifts ...
Monday, December 16, 2024

AUSTRALIA: IT’S FOR THE BIRDS (SERIOUSLY!) Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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An emu, as tall as me (5'2" or 1.57 m) My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took t...