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In the spring of 2017, visiting Amsterdam with my cousin, we were able to wander across the street (well, with the help of our hotel’s concierge) to the Van Gogh Museum to spend a morning with Prints …
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Art Nouveau provides much pleasure to those who (like myself) have been captured by the allure of the style, and I think I might have come up with a reason why Art Nouveau is so appealing. It’s not …
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It's Midsummer's Day today, and as I prepare to send this post out (hopefully before Midsummer's Day turns into a dreamy midsummer's night), I have to confess that I was shocked to see that my last …
Good friends like to tease me about my attention to my special interests. When asked, I’m always quick to note that I have three (in no particular order): my love of elephants, my devotion to opera, …
In a recent post, I commented that I would be writing about subjects that are of particular interest to me (well of course, Guy - isn't that what a personal blog is all about?). I noted that among …
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A typical floral Art Nouveau doorway OK. I'm going to stop being pretentious. My French is all right, and certainly I'm comfortable throwing around a few French phrases when …
