Author Archives: marigold

As the World Turners

Posted on October 11, 2014 by marigold

  Visiting friends in Newton, MA last summer, we went to the excellent Peabody Essex Museum to see the Turner & The Sea show (if this gets a rise from your art hackles, sorry, as the show decamped September 1.) … Continue reading →

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From Russia With Love

Posted on September 2, 2014 by marigold

If “Russian icon” makes you think “Fanny and Alexander,” get yourself to the unlikely, un-Russian town of Clinton, MA. There, check out the Museum of Russian Icons which owes its existence to Gordon Lankton, a plastics engineer. (Unlike Benjamin in … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone

Posted on August 25, 2014 by marigold

After a visit to the grist mill in Weston, VT, I now know this is a phrase to be taken literally, urging the miller to lean in frequently to sniff. A burning smell meant that the mill stones were grinding … Continue reading →

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By the Shores of Gitche Gumee

Posted on August 16, 2014 by marigold

Wrote Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem The Song of Hiawatha. Longfellow spent his early years in what today is called the Wadsworth- Longfellow House in Portland, ME. The house, now under the aegis of the Maine Historical Society, … Continue reading →

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Put On Your Dancing Shoes

Posted on August 5, 2014 by marigold

For years, my gold standard for dance in movie musicals was Fred Astaire,  a favorite of my mother’s who passed along her appreciation.   Years ago, I did the same, relying on Swing Time, Top Hat and the rest of … Continue reading →

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And Go To Innisfree

Posted on July 28, 2014 by marigold

  While visiting friends, that’s exactly what I did although this Innisfree isn’t the place referenced in the Yeats poem but a rather amazing (and something of a well-kept secret) property in Millbrook, NY. Innisfree Garden is said to be … Continue reading →

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It Started with Sewing Machines

Posted on July 21, 2014 by marigold

  Back before sewing was relegated to an art form, the Singer Sewing Machine Company was a heavy hitter. Robert Sterling Clark, who inherited major money from his grandfather, Isaac Singer’s business partner, left Yale with a degree in engineering … Continue reading →

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Swing Time

Posted on July 4, 2014 by marigold

  Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center is celebrating its 25th season. This iconic dance party attracts all ages and ethnicities as well as neighborhood people with their  dogs enjoying their evening stroll. I went with an out-of- town friend, … Continue reading →

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All the World’s a Stage

Posted on June 24, 2014 by marigold

It’s a gorgeous Sunday so the waiting line at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park is studded with people reading the Times or occupied with iPads or Kindles. This would be a great pick-up spot but we’re here for tickets, … Continue reading →

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Good Writer, Bad Interview

Posted on June 12, 2014 by marigold

  My feelings about the Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn are akin to what I imagine the rabbit feels like waiting for the fox to pounce. These five books are brilliant–painful but terrific, shot through with lancing humor. … Continue reading →

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