There aren’t many times we get so caught up in an exhibition that we’re afraid we’ll get locked in. That’s what happened to me the afternoon I spent at “Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind.” And just to get my complaint out of the way first: This wonderful exhibition – one …
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Guy’s Homage to WWI: Starting with “The Piano in Wartime: 1914-1918”
It has been a month now since we had what we used to call Armistice Day, and I have decided the conduct my own homage (if that word isn’t a little overblown) to World War I. There isn’t any particular reason. It’s just that – in my opinion – this amazing and horrible event in …
Spring Visit: Canterbury Windows in New York
View from The Cloisters across the Hudson River Up in Fort Tryon Park, in northern Manhattan, we have a very special place that appeals to so many of us New Yorkers. It’s The Cloisters museum and gardens and it has just completed the celebration of its 75th anniversary. And it’s been a splendid celebration, …
A Thought for September 11
In December 2001, I sent this to my family and friends: William Faulkner said this in his “Address Upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature,” 10th December 1950: “It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from …
Visiting the Vanderbilts
All the pleasures of the New York summer are not necessarily in the city. A celebration for a recent Sunday birthday provided the opportunity for a drive up the Hudson River. So off we went, heading up to Hyde Park, about 90 miles north of the city. Although the name “Hyde Park” is connected in …
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