Speaking of airplanes….
If you are ever in one of those dreaded social situations where you need a conversation starter, just bring up flying, for everyone has a story to tell.
I added a couple to my list this past week that I could have done without, all of which…
Tales from the Past
In the course of my research for my next book, “Grant Wood: The 19 Lithographs,” I have had numerous conversations with museum curators, collectors, gallery owners, and antiques dealers across the country. None were more enjoyable than…
One Month, Two Graduations
If you’re tired of reading graduation columns this month, then I suggest you check out something else, for I have had two graduations this month and am feeling very proud and very fortunate.
Those of you who have attended any of the National…
Rewind: Manhattan 1913
It's been one of those weeks, so I have reached into the archives and revived an earlier column for this week:
It was a steamy, sultry day in New York City, the kind of day when you want to slip into a cool, wood-paneled bar and sip a cold…
“We Came as Tourists”
It was a humble beginning for two humble women.
In 1901, thirty-two year-old Eleanor Vance and thirty-one year-old Charlotte Yale, two recent graduates of Moody Bible College, stepped off the Southern Railway train in Biltmore Village, a…
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