Tag Archives: chili

Talk to the Animals

Posted on October 3, 2016 by marigold

St. Francis is the patron saint of animals. On Sunday, October 2nd, thousands of people and animals of every type gathered at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine for the saint’s feast which includes the annual Blessing of … Continue reading →

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The Berkshires: From Melville to Mexico

Posted on August 25, 2016 by marigold

Spent a week in the Berkshires, specifically Becket, MA, home of Jacob’s Pillow.  My rented cottage was only a small step up the bunk I’d shared at camp in Maine many moons ago,  in Sherwood Forrest, an area rife with … Continue reading →

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Myriad Museums

Posted on March 8, 2015 by marigold

For a fairly small city, (just over 3.8 million) Oaxaca has a extraordinarily large number of museums. The Textile Museum is housed in an unimposing former colonial building; the interiors, (plural because there are several completely separate areas), are glorious … Continue reading →

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Early Halloween

Posted on October 18, 2014 by marigold

Having carved my fair share of pumpkins, the Great Jack O’Lantern Halloween Blaze, a month-long work of marketing genius run by Hudsonvalley.org., deserves applause. The four events run many times a day for twenty-eight days leading up to Halloween with … Continue reading →

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Some Like It Hot!

Posted on September 29, 2013 by marigold

No, not the hysterically funny Billy Wilder movie with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, but rather a great exhibit of chili peppers at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown, N.J. The peppers are growing in a series of raised … Continue reading →

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