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The Patron Subjects
… histories of Jews in Europe and Britain. To Asher Wertheimer’s London houses, altered but still there, and along his daily walk to his galleries in New Bond Street, spaces now occupied by luxury clothing shops. To Sargent’s light-filled house in Chelsea. To grand estates in Buckinghamshire that had belonged to Ferdinand and
Read MorePoco a Poco
… the worst part: lifting the woman from bed to wheelchair. After lunch, she gets moved from wheelchair back to bed for a siesta and to get her feet up, important for circulation, and then back to the wheelchair for the afternoon, then back to bed for the night.
“How is your back holding up?” I …
Dottie Lo Bue
… anxiety. “[It] can kind of quiet everything else for a time,” she says. “There’s something in the searching process, in finding the right color, the right brushstroke, that feels important in the moment.”
Read MorePart of the Parade
… ask. I think she has a whole bag of tricks, but one that she alludes to often is listening to her body. In general, it’s her feet that clamor the most, and in particular, her left pinkie toe. To people not depending so much on their limbs to get where they want to go …
Read MoreReborn in the City of Light
In 1935, Berenice Abbott was photographing scenes for her monumental collection Changing New York when a male bureaucrat at the Federal Art Project admonished her. “Nice girls” didn’t venture into rough neighborhoods like New York City’s Skid Row, he said.
“Buddy, I’m not a nice girl,” the 37-year-old Abbott snapped …
The March Down Main
… unable to walk that far sat on the corner in lawn chairs and held signs.
Concerned is a strange adjective for this assortment of people and the feelings and motivations that inspired them. The youngest among us were in their early 20s, and the oldest in their 70s. Most of the protesters were veteran members …
Thoreau’s Pencils
… of pencils and set out on a trip to New York, where they hoped to earn money for tuition.
Henry returned to Cambridge that fall with mixed feelings. He finished 19th in his graduating class of 41, good enough to earn him a prize of $25 and a prestigious speaking role in the commencement ceremony …
As I Walked Out One Morning
… she mentions don’t go so far. One of those experts does, however, talk about the “mother tree.” Lepore suggests that characterizing the tree as a nurturing, feeling, caring entity might not be good science, but as literature for a political cause, it’s not bad. Nothing else has worked to rally the loyal and …
Read MoreLook Out!
… of the man sitting directly in front of Perabo, and he fell forward onto the concrete.
You could say a lot of kind things about Perabo’s father. He was funny and supportive, a wonderful dad with a profound ability to make others feel valued. But he did not have a talent for handling …
Rap Rap Rap
… life reminds me of a message I taped above my desk several years ago. “Happiness is not the goal, survival is.” When I was in danger of feeling defeated by difficulties and afraid of failure, I could remind myself that being alive was what counted. Just being alive. I knew that was the goal.
I …