Category Archives: art
Summer Solstice 2025, Part 4: Santa Fe
How many times have I been to Santa Fe? 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 in both summer and winter, and 2023, and now 2025. All but the first three visits were with Wendy, with her affection for … Continue reading
Summer Solstice 2025, Part 1: OKC
We barely left town over the 2024-2025 Winter Break, and while we had planned to get away to Oklahoma City during Spring Break, a dust storm led us to just enjoy lunch at one of the two surviving El Chicos … Continue reading
The Worried Man of Delos
Over 2,000 years ago, someone sculpted a full-length lifesize bronze statue of a man on the Greek island of Delos. Such works cost about 3,000 drachmas — the equivalent of two years’ salary for a rich citizen. Only about 200 … Continue reading
It Took Me 50 Years to Finish Pinocchio
It took me 50 years to finish reading Pinocchio. For decades, I blamed Walt Disney and Charles Folkard for that tardiness: Disney for the false impression his 1940 film gave of the book it animated, and Folkard for a book … Continue reading
KC 2023
October 13-14, 2023 | Photo Album My Fall Break 2023 started out rough. The latest COVID vaccine was available, and I had never received the Shingrix vaccine for shingles. So around noon on Wednesday, the day before the break, I … Continue reading
Meador Manor 