Surprised by Time

What is wanted here is silence. That the young woman is pregnant is suggested by her unlaced gown, shorter in front than in back. Her ...

I have been exchanging notes with a Byzantine art historian who recently found this painting although she has never actually seen it...

I have written before about Ag. Metamorphosis near Asine -- here and here . I am writing again because I want to call attention to Mi...

I was crossing Connecticut Avenue this afternoon behind a fluffy white table-dog, the kind a daughter of mine would call a “kick-me d...

This was our Christmas in Nauplion 38 years ago, when my children were younger than my grandchildren are now, and when Greece was a...

From Researches in Greece & the Levant by the Rev. John Hartley, M.A., 1833.  The Rev. Hartley's route in 1828 from Napoli to...

Μετὰ τὴν σσιάν τάχιστα   χρόνος.  After the shadow time ages in a hurry. Time Ages in a Hurry is the title of a marvelous book...

Giovannino de Grassi, d. 1398.

 " Marietta's Song ", sung by Anne Sofie von Otter,  from Die tote Stadt by Erich Korngold, 1920. Glück, das...

Wrapped Oranges , William J. McCloskey, 1889. 12” x 16”. Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX