Picture of the Day
Beth Ripley Lyon
I never remember seeing my mother in the kitchen. I do remember seeing her crawl under a car to change the oil during a course she took after she joined The Red Cross Motor Corps.
The year was 1944.… Continue reading
Illegal Immigrants
The year:1938
The place: Berlin
A beautiful young woman with long, dark hair drives carefully down Neue Donigstrasse. One of Hitler’s storm troopers sees her and pulls her over. He motions her out of her car… Continue reading
Pinky says: The Ghent Alter Piece — A Hinge Painting
One of my great joys is to see the magnificent works of art “in the flesh” that I studied and lectured about over the years. One of the great downers for my husband has been to visit works of… Continue reading
Time to Get Growing
Ever wonder why some people can grow bigger and better flowers and veggies than you? Is it their green thumb, the weather or the lack of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the soil?
That’s the stuff that makes young roots proliferate.… Continue reading
Oma Rose
It had nothing to do with her looks. Everyone thought her a beauty but already in her early twenties, Rose qualified as an ‘old maid.’ Her three older sisters were married by now.
Rose was born in 1875, the… Continue reading
