Little Journeys

A Change for our Educational Displays

  Since the first guests arrived on July 12, 1913, the Great Hall has always been the heart of the historic Grove Park Inn. Flanked at either end by twin fireplaces large enough to burn eight-foot logs, the spacious room has always been…

Sage Advice

  When I was a young, aspiring writer, as opposed to now just being an aspiring writer, I sought advice from a variety of published authors. One writer’s instructions have since remained with me: “Have one in the mail, one in your…

The New Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement

  There was never any doubt about the collection. For nearly three decades, Rudy Ciccarello has been buying, both privately and at shows and auctions, the best of the best of the Arts and Crafts movement, from highly-anticipated Gustav…

Tacos with Gus?

This article has been republished. Original date of publication: December 10th, 2017.   If you’ve been a longtime reader of this column, you just might recall a trip I took back in 2010 to New York City. I was in the city for some meetings…

The Dangers of Tunnel Vision

  There have been times in my life when I have been more focused than a laboratory microscope on my collecting. So focused, in fact, that I have literally stood blindly by as something even more important crossed my line of vision. The…

Two Movies and a Book

  When my high school English teacher Tom Smith first introduced me to the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald, little did I realize Fitzgerald and I would cross paths all these many years later.               In 1935, F. Scott…

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