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Iolanthe, The Mikado and More

Posted on November 10, 2015 by marigold

Gilbert & Sullivan fan(atic) that I am, over the weekend I took my almost-sixteen-year-old granddaughter to Iolanthe. She wanted to see The Mikado which I was all for but the G&S company (that shall be nameless) had pulled that production … Continue reading →

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Veni, Vidi, Vici

Posted on May 18, 2014 by marigold

The Roman city of Volubilis, in Morocco near Meknes between Rabat and Fez, blew me away. I’m something of a ruin junkie, so found it embarrassing that I’d never heard of the place. A UNESCO heritage site, Volubilis, devastated by … Continue reading →

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Not Wearing the Green But Baking the Bread

Posted on March 19, 2013 by marigold

The day before the big green day, I went to the exhibition W W II in NYC at the brilliantly- renovated New York Historical Society.  Thanks to a friend’s generosity, I was part of a Barnard College Club group so … Continue reading →

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The Staff of Life

Posted on November 16, 2011 by marigold

I adore bread and always have. During WWII, (whoops, my generation is showing), I was taken to Central Park where Quonset huts were set up and soldiers handed out hunks of coarse, dark bread. I thought it was terrific  but … Continue reading →

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