Grant Wood | The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere – Grant Wood – 1931 Oldest Grandson – 07/09/21 …and what he is learning now is that much of life is like a midnight ride, surprisingly, especially at times of change,...
Claude Monet | Vétheuil in Summer | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** Postcard Story – Vétheuil in Summer – Claude Monet – 1880 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Second Daughter – 01/04/23 … and the holiday at the riverside town was her idea, not too far in the car for the...
Writing Simply and Plainly & Maxim in L.A. - He Thought Perhaps One Day He Would Die in a Missile Strike which He Said Not with Fear, But with A Quiet and Accepted Reality of its Possibility. Пишучи просто і ясно & Максим в Лос-Анджелесі - він думав, що, можливо, одного разу він загине від...
Claude Monet | Ice Floes | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Ice Floes – Claude Monet Oldest Daughter – 09/21/21 …and in California, the winter was not a natural time of reflection for, yes, it was cooler and occasionally there was rain, but it was mostly sunny and warm with clear...
An Informal Book Review - His Truth is Marching On - John Lewis and the Power of Hope – Jon Meacham – Random House, New York, 2020 First Things First - The Acquisition - the Gift - of this Book John Lewis has had a strong, significant, and lasting influence upon my life for about a half-century...
Shortly before the war, I met a beautiful young family. They had a boy and they offered me to be his nanny. Незадовго до війни я познайомилася з однією гарною молодою сім’єю. У них народився хлопчик і вони запропонували мені бути його нянею. *** First word. Shortly before the war, I met a...
About the War in Ukraine. Про війну в Україні. Do you still think that Ukraine does not need military assistance? Ви і досі вважаєте, що Україна не потребує військової допомоги? *** Prologue - Пролог I received the following message and photos from Alena, the wife of Maxim, a close friend in...
Margareta Haverman | A Vase of Flowers | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** A Vase of Flowers – Margareta Haverman Second Sister - 06/29/21 …and she stood and studied the painting, not so much to admire, as it was so dark, but to search out to the details, annoyed with the dark...