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Pi Are Square

Posted on January 20, 2014 by marigold

The newest kid on the  NYC museum block is the Museum of Mathematics or Momath as it cutely styles itself. That and the Pi  symbol used as the building’s doorknobs (above) are the cutest things about this place that left … Continue reading →

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Cuzco in New York

Posted on January 14, 2014 by marigold

The Queen Sophia Spanish Institute, practically around the corner from where I live, is one of those little known but fabulous New York City institutions. The Institute offers all manner of programs to promote Spanish culture with special emphasis on … Continue reading →

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Let it Snow

Posted on January 4, 2014 by marigold

For once the weather persons who report on the Northeast got it right. It certainly did,  reminiscent of when I was a kid and it snowed hard and frequently (by those standards, this storm was a dusting).  During the famed … Continue reading →

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Hallelujah!

Posted on December 21, 2013 by marigold

  I’m sort of a Messiah groupie in that I try to go to a performance every holiday season; sang some of the work with my high school glee club and once, not so long ago, went to the sign-along … Continue reading →

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Music, Music, Music

Posted on December 8, 2013 by marigold

An Alaskan friend invited me to a piano concert where fully two thirds of the attendees hailed from the 49th state. At the end, the artist played a riff on the Alaskan state song, (apparently Alaskans all know their song—can … Continue reading →

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Hare Today…

Posted on November 24, 2013 by marigold

When I first married, friends of my parents gave us an ivory netsuke (‘net-ski’) of a pot-bellied man with a pack on his back. We thought it delightful but didn’t have a clue as to what it was.  Fast forward … 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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Three Isn’t Always a Charm

Posted on September 15, 2013 by marigold

My husband is not well and being cared for by aides, some great and others less so.  That’s one.  Last Monday night walking to my book club, I tripped over a big, uneven piece of pavement and went down like … Continue reading →

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Madison County Trifecta

Posted on August 10, 2013 by marigold

I found “The Bridges of…” a  sloppy, sentimental book and  did not love the eponymous movie despite the incredibly talented Ms. Streep. So now there is a musical, premiering at the Williamstown Theater Festival.  It came off as a poor man’s … Continue reading →

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My Mother the Car

Posted on August 3, 2013 by marigold

Does anyone remember a TV program of this name? All I recall is that the mother was a VW beetle and there was a catchy theme song.  The concept fit all to well the other day as first I hit … Continue reading →

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