Author Archives: marigold

Grandma

Posted on April 21, 2012 by marigold

No, not either of mine, (neither of whom was known as Grandma—both disliked it), but Moses. Anna Mary Robertson Moses was born in 1860 in upstate New York, grew up, married, had ten children (five of whom died in infancy) … Continue reading →

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Up a Lazy River

Posted on April 6, 2012 by marigold

Southern Belize isn’t all about what’s under the water –there is a lot to see and do on land. Our visit to the jungle near Monkey River was enlivened by our guide Evar, a guy  on a first name basis … Continue reading →

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Turn Left at the Turtle

Posted on March 29, 2012 by marigold

For the first day, my daughter and I used a ceramic turtle as a landmark to locate our room at our hotel in Placencia, Belize. The world’s second largest coral reef lies just off Placencia (the largest is off Australia) … Continue reading →

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Around the World (on West 34th Street)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by marigold

That pretty much sums up the New York Travel Show, an annual event at NYC’s Javits Center.  I went with a friend who had helpfully printed the bar codes from our online tickets.  Far faster and a lot less of … Continue reading →

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Sausage

Posted on February 28, 2012 by marigold

  “Laws are like sausages in that you should never see them being made.” This quote has long been attributed to Otto Von Bismarck but was actually said by one John Godfrey Saxe in 1869. (What did we ever do … Continue reading →

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911 Turtle

Posted on February 15, 2012 by marigold

  When a sea turtle in southern Florida is reported sick, the call usually goes to the Turtle Hospital in Marathon Key. Some ailing turtles are so enormous that the turtle ambulance is summoned along with hospital staff to hoist … Continue reading →

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Papa and the Polydacts

Posted on February 4, 2012 by marigold

In 1931, Ernest Hemingway and wife #2, Pauline Pfeiffer, bought a large house in then- out- of- the way Key West and lived there for about ten years. During this period, Hemingway wrote many of his most famous works including. … Continue reading →

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Later, ‘gator

Posted on January 30, 2012 by marigold

  Kayaking in the Florida Everglades taught me two interesting lessons: 1. I would not win a kayaking competition and 2. There are a lot of alligators around these parts. Staying in Everglades City, I joined a group of nine … Continue reading →

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Art 105 in Vermont

Posted on January 21, 2012 by marigold

In the course of gathering material for a magazine article, I drove around Vermont’s Northshire, talking to owners and managers of art galleries about their summer plans.  Meeting the gallery representatives who are as different as can be was fascinating … Continue reading →

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Olé

Posted on January 8, 2012 by marigold

Monks clothing is (or was) dyed with it and Cleopatra reportedly bathed in water containing it. It used to be made into teas to relive “melancholy ” and, in ancient Persia, was woven into tapestries. It is saffron, which has … Continue reading →

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