THE GRAVEYARD TO THE RIGHT: ROUNDEL AT ST. PATRICK'S, ASHLAND

Side-by-side images from my collection of antique Wilmington, Delaware postca...

In 1633, Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán depicted a young bishop’s attem...

Holbein’s 1539 portrait of Anne of Cleves no doubt convinced Henry VIII to ma...

In 1538, Henry VIII dispatched Tudor Court painter Hans Holbein to Belgium to...

I enjoyed observing the lake from a bridge during a jog.

These haiku, composed as I swam laps decades and miles away from the carnage ...

Several weeks ago, I observed the thaw while on a walk. Perhaps I wrote this...

In this 1756 portrait of Mrs. Beckford by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the eye might ...

Most people enjoy their Botticelli in Florence at the Uffizi, but the 1480s P...

I was taken by the expressions in this old artwork.

I drive this route often. This year's Autmun was the most beautiful I can re...

In the early 1960s, First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy undertook restorati...

These are handcrafted items from Old Broom Street created by Donata Guerra fo...

In the Twentieth Century, five young Native American dancers from different I...

During the early 80s in Miami, there was a contingent of us who would meet so...

Unfortunately one must cite a high fashion designer with regard to Nazi contr...

Keeping the head down (I use snorkel and breathing tube).

With the end of swimming season, one concentrates on loss, in this case a cha...

According to the poet I'm quoting, "it's okay to work towards statement. But ...

The North Carolina creator of wine crafted from varieties of muscadine grape,...

Someone objected strongly to my choice of word for a poem regarding Chopin's ...

Several years ago in Warsaw, I toured the second floor apartment of the Chopi...

Several thoughts came to mind while writing this historical reflection on the...

Hearing someone speak the other evening of moving, country to country, with b...

Another way to explain someone's refusal to run with the bulls at San Fermin.