Author Archives: marigold

A New(ish) Beginnng

Posted on November 13, 2024 by marigold

Several of you out there have told me my blog is blocked.  In an effort to stop this, I have changed my email marketing service. I very much hope this gets rid of any problems you have had. I, f … Continue reading →

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Yorkville Then and Now

Posted on November 11, 2024 by marigold

A dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, I learned a lot at Yorkville and the Arts, a free walking tour sponsored by Friends of the Upper East Side. The Yorkville I remember from childhood centered on East 86th Street where there were many … Continue reading →

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Tuscan Cookie Caper

Posted on October 28, 2024 by marigold

I spent a delightful week in Tuscany in a watercolor workshop. The group, organized by Il Chiostro, that runs a variety of programs in Italy and elsewhere, housed us at Borgo San Fedele, near Radda in Chianti. The Borgo, once … Continue reading →

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Bucks Redux

Posted on September 5, 2024 by marigold

This is the third August that I’ve rented in Bucks County. This years’ house was terrific, a stone beauty from the 18th century with all mod cons, well-appointed and set on a 100 acre conserved farm. The front of the … Continue reading →

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Fire

Posted on August 11, 2024 by marigold

As in Island, not a conflagration with sympathies to those forced to deal with the red-hot kind. I visited a friend of many years’ standing on FI over the weekend. She’s been coming here since she was an infant, in … Continue reading →

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Exploring Coyoácan, Mexico City’s Cultural Heart, Home to the Frida Kahlo Museum

Posted on July 29, 2024 by marigold

  This is the link to the published article. Sorry about all the ads and other extraneous stuff which was added by the publication.     https://www.goworldtravel.com/mexico-citys-coyoacan/   No recipe folks. Have a nice Margarita or elotes or a taco….while … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on June 7, 2024 by marigold

  Victorians eroticized children even as they considered them total innocents which may have been very convenient for Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll. Scholars dispute if Carroll was a pedophile but it is generally acknowledged that his relationship with Alice … Continue reading →

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Elk and Moose

Posted on May 28, 2024 by marigold

These are the animals shown on Michigan’s shield along with a sun rising over a lake. I spent almost a week visiting a friend’s house, bought by her father in 1947, that is literally on the shore of Lake Michigan. … Continue reading →

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Go-wanuus!

Posted on May 5, 2024 by marigold

For my 2024 involvement with Janes Walk, named in honor of Jane Jacobs, City planner extraordinaire, I went on an excursion billed as a “Gowanus Soundwalk.” Organized by the Municipal Arts Society, my walk was led by delightful Miranda S., … Continue reading →

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Wendy the Welder (Rosie the Riveter’s Cousin)

Posted on April 7, 2024 by marigold

A friend and I went to see Behind the Mask: The Art of Women Who Weld at The Culture Lab in Long Island City. So cutting edge (or torch) I hear you saying. LIC always seems like it will be … Continue reading →

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