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¡Hola Oaxaca!

Posted on March 6, 2023 by marigold

  Oaxaca is both a state that encompasses several beach areas and the city that is the state’s capital. I spent the last two weeks of February in the city of Oaxaca, (technically Oaxaca de Juárez, population just over 300,000.) … Continue reading →

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These Boots Aren’t Made for Walkin’

Posted on January 4, 2023 by marigold

To wind up 2022, a friend and I went to Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic at the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) (it closed December 31.)  Contrary to how many women feel, I hate shoes as most are supremely … Continue reading →

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Favorite Haunts of Glasgow’s Favorite Son: Charles Rennie Macintosh

Posted on December 27, 2022 by marigold

Just published in GoNomad:   Favorite Haunts of Glasgow’s Design Genius Mackintosh

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Old Lace–No Arsenic

Posted on December 17, 2022 by marigold

The exhibit, Threads of Power at the Bard Graduate Center on NYC’s upper West Side, closes January 1, 2023 so if you have any interest in lace, get there ASAP. Even if you don’t know a bobbin from a pall, … Continue reading →

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Depot, yes. Not very homey.

Posted on November 17, 2022 by marigold

My husband could fix anything—dishwashers, radios, bicycles. To do this he accumulated a lot of tools including plenty of nuts, bolts and screws which he stored in round, lidded, plastic film containers (probably collector’s items today.) After he died I … Continue reading →

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Art in the ‘Hood

Posted on October 26, 2022 by marigold

  Saturday, October 22nd, was one of those days of perfect New York fall weather—sunny and warm but not hot.  Gorgeous weather was good for the Madison Avenue Fall Gallery Walk, an event in which many art galleries, (typically open … Continue reading →

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George Washington Slept (Near) Here

Posted on September 6, 2022 by marigold

George Washington and his troops went from Bucks County, PA across the Delaware River en route to take Trenton, NJ—the battle that turned the tide in the War of Independence. My stay in Bucks County was less historic and a … Continue reading →

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The Heather on the Hill

Posted on August 22, 2022 by marigold

The middle week of my Scottish caper was spent in the Inner Hebrides, the area where a great deal of Scottish Gaelic literature and music began. At each of our four stops my travel companion and I usually had at … Continue reading →

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Scots, Wha Hae (poem by Robert Burns)

Posted on August 5, 2022 by marigold

Here is the entire poem:  www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43813/scots-wha-hae. Somewhat incomprehensible right?  Read on…. I’m recently back from several weeks in Scotland.  The Scots themselves are terrific people—when you can understand them. In some areas, especially Glasgow, the regional accent is so broad … Continue reading →

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Birds of Various Feathers

Posted on June 20, 2022 by marigold

  Lured by the communications efforts (good job, Brooklyn Botanic Garden) and ease of getting there, a friend and I went to see the gardens themselves as well the current For the Birds exhibit, a series of birdhouses set along … Continue reading →

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