Want to make someone hate you? Find a person who doesn’t know much about art and force them to spend hours as you drag them to every painting in every gallery in a museum...
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Of Paper and Books and Ink
In an age where everything is increasingly digital, why do we love paper so? It’s the delicate scrollwork of a printed design. The fragrance of a leather book. The way a thick sheet of paper...
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Love in the Afternoon, Revisited
This was originally posted in October 2015. As I work on downsizing to move from a large house into a condominium, the conundrum of which possessions to part with is sometimes easy, often hard....
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Word Swag and Some Rilke
Good morning everyone — a short coffee post to share a great iPhone/iPad app for creating custom text layouts for social media. Word Swag has been around for awhile, but I used it for the first...
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Only in a Leap
“Only in the leap from the lion’s head will he prove his worth.” There were three friends at unhappy points in their marriages. We talked numerous times about what we should do. In 2003, I am...
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All Hallows Day
I took this picture in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston in March of 2008. I had an assignment for a photography class, and my daughter, Catherine, agreed to be my subject. Bribery with Italian...
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The Fedora Rides Shotgun
“Mom, you’re so weird.” I just returned from camping by myself in Big Bend National Park. I had not been camping since 2009, and as I looked at what to do with a few...
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The Pilgrim Soul
My daughter Catherine turned seventeen yesterday. Catherine is smart and very funny, disciplined in her studies, and she is kind. Last year, when I really wondered whether I would survive the cancer, I felt...
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Love in the Afternoon
I found myself sleepy to the point of no concentration. The words on the page kept running together, and the thought of another cup of coffee was appealing. I left the La Salle Hotel...
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