Hockney Does It, Why Not You: Fun with Digital Art
David Hockney has been playing with Brushes (an art app for the lPad) since at least 2010. The fun he’s been having with digital art on an iPad has led to shows and sales. I first saw his digital art … Continued
Strasbourg — Hybrid City
The French have been obsessed with a national identity. Maybe, more than other Europeans. This obsession has fueled attempts to keep the French language ‘pure’ and the national cuisine unalloyed by outside influences. But, then, there is the Strasbourgeois, inhabitants … Continued
The incredible shrinking American taxpayer
I mailed my quarterly tax payment to the IRS. Again. This time I paid on time. No late fee for me. Trudging down to the post office, I tried to decide whether to pay for insurance to mail this grand … Continued
Milan — Italy As Innovation And Design
Milan. We like it. Quite a lot. Some guide books talk about how Milan isn’t really Italy and many tours exclude it from their itineraries. Maybe, they mean it’s not Italy as they have romanticized it. Nor Italy of the … Continued
Making Art With Stray Calla Lilies
“Come and see what I found on the side yard today,” my husband said three days ago while we were in the garage. He sounded so excited that, instead of rushing my bag of fresh groceries into the house, I … Continued
My Amazing Discovery: New type of human being
I’m seeing, but not understanding a new person, perhaps even a new type of human being. Programmed and engineered A marvelous accelerated evolution brought about this new type of human being in 2008, and spread rapidly throughout the world. That … Continued
A Paris Autumn: Leaves
When you’ve visited a place many times and taken pictures of must-see sights as well as sights (including happenings) that you want to remember or which uniquely strike your fancy, do you stop taking pictures? Photos (or videos) are not … Continued
Paris Mon Amour: mindful journeys
Paris Mon Amour: Pages from our travel journal I cannot say exactly when I fell in love with Paris. I suppose I came by it gradually. Before I was aware that this love had seized me irrevocably, I thought: if … Continued
Florence For More Than Just A Day
Pages From Our Travel Journals: Florence It’s a long journey from San Francisco to Florence. Our summer flight took a fairly uneventful 17 hours of air and waiting time at airports. For a month our pied-à-terre is in the … Continued
Adventurous Foodie in Florence
We travel to eat. Isn’t that, after all, a crucial part of any culture? It’s easy to be an adventurous foodie in Florence— home of the gelato and two-pound bistecca—and our favorite Italian city. On previous trips to Florence, we … Continued