Hudson Valley, New York, pumpkin patch awaits The Headless Horseman.
Read More...In the August 8th Times Literary Supplement there is a piquant 1936 photograph by Alfred Eisenstadt of four ballet dancers in a window at The School of American Ballet. George Balanchine, cofounder with Lincoln Kirsten of the school, had a famous penchant for tall, lithe women dancers. One can’t tell from Eisenstadt’s photo how tall [...]
Read More...Just a few postings ago I talked about art buyers missing a big bet by limiting their search parameters to Hudsoniana in the Hudson Valley of New York. The dominant mindset has always been to comb the valley and the nearby Berkshires and Taconics for pastoral art to hang in country homes. But these locales [...]
Read More... If we are the world, as we say we are, how is it possible to have a foreign face in America?
Not all immigrants come by this question the hard way. If you come
from Northern Europe or Slavic Europe, you may grasp the question in your head but not your gut, because the chances are [...]
New York’s Hudson Valley and the nearby Berkshires and Taconics are alive with art galleries. When people buy second homes in these
scenic treasuries they look to local galleries to provide them mementos of their new environment. They’re missing a huge bet.
If I were a fledgling or even a seasoned collector of contemporary and recent [...]
Have you ever wondered long after a party about that certain somebody you didn’t meet but can’t forget? This is the subject of Gatecrasher, my short story in the June issue of The Country and Abroad. The beautiful woman whose image accompanies the story is my mother, the artist Juanita Guccione.
Read More...I live in a house surrounded by its weed yards. Each spring I look forward to the happy dandelions so despised by the many. I even like the myriad puff balls they turn into. Periodically the farmer who cuts our grass rakes the thatch and spreads lime, but I use no chemicals or fertilizer.
Something is [...]
Municipal web sites tend to be passive-aggressive. In the guise of presenting vital information their subliminal message seems to be, And don’t ever say we didn’t tell you anything.
Rather than contribute to government transparency they tend to forestall inquiry by purporting to tell you all you want to know about the government you happen [...]
Acting in its usual role as the national mind the press has decided that the rising fuel price is bad news, end of story. But it may be just the beginning of a much more important story.
Since the end of World War II we have built a society predicated on cheap gasoline. The suburbs sprawled [...]
Perhaps because social occasions usually feel like a ride in a cart to the guillotine I have developed an odd angle of vision concerning them. I notice, for instance, that the most important people are notable for their absence at funerals, weddings, award ceremonies, etc—mistresses, secret lovers, those who hate us for various reasons, [...]
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