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Things have changed, how do I show my appreciation? I went more than a year and a half without sitting inside a restaurant with a waiter serving food to our table. Instead I cooked, a lot. I like the convenience…
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero We are entering high gardening season here in the northeast. There is help available should you run into a bit of trouble, or just…
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You may need to prove your vaccination status. I will never forget the feeling of relief that I had when I got my first COVID vaccination and scheduled my second. I left the vaccination center with a flimsy paper card,…
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Dr. Charles Silberstein has roles reversed. On my mind: Being a hospital patient By Charles Silberstein with Laura Roosevelt June 30, 2021 Last month, I had a middle-of-the-night dream that turned out to be prophetic: there was an intruder…
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Get ready to inspect, sniff and poke. I find it helpful to be reminded of how to choose the best fresh summer produce, at the supermarket, at farmer’s markets, or out of your own garden. Here is a basic primer…
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‘The world’s biggest, boldest ideas.’ The (virtual) Aspen Ideas Festival June 27-July 1, 2021 I heard about the Aspen Ideas Festival for years before I got anywhere near Aspen. There was a mystique about ‘The Ideas Festival’, which ‘luminaries’…
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Some were in person, some were virtual and all were terrific. Like last year, this 2021 graduation season was primarily on Zoom, although not completely. There were fewer great graduation speeches to choose from because many colleges and universities changed…
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Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Francisco de Goya, Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz and more. ASE guest writer, Lauren Sanford, is the Prints and Multiples Director at Leland Little Auctions, a full-service auction gallery in Hillsborough, North Carolina. …
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Header image: The Tate Modern Museum, London, UK, Herzog and de Meuron, 2000 A Book Review by Sharon Lorenzo This title was recommended to me via an online chat by former director Michael Shapiro from the High Museum of Art…
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