I was out to dinner at an Italian restaurant eating spaghetti when my phone dinged. It was a note from Grover Gardner from Blackstone Audiobooks. He wrote that he read my book, Norman Rockwell’s Models, In and Out of the Studio. He explained that he was an art history fan, and asked if he could […]
When Norman Rockwell walked into his kitchen in West Arlington, Vermont, where he lived from 1940-1953, he would scoot past the stove if the pressure cooker confronted him. The way the steam hissed as it escaped through the cover’s valve made him nervous. Our family friend Marie Briggs was his cook/housekeeper then, and relayed this […]
People consume video clips like hot dogs at a baseball game.
Stories. I love a good story, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you do too. Seems like we can’t get enough of ‘em. As much as any, I love the anecdotes people tell me in everyday life. Please permit to share a couple. Ottomus As a kid, I spent entire summers in Vermont, five miles […]
I don’t know about you, but I spend a good deal of time thinking about my point of view when I’m about to have a conversation with a person. I consider our relationship. Is the person a friend I’ve known a long time? Someone I’d like to be a new friend? A potential business client? […]
New Printer. Cable Connect! Works Every Time! Fantastic! I wrote in one of my blogs how I struggled to get my printer, connected to Wifi, to print when I needed it to. Actually, after awhile, it wouldn’t print at all. I learned many people had the same problem. I had to chuckle when one old […]
I debated whether I should be vulnerable and write this piece describing the nerve-wracking experiences I have endured during our electronic age. When I told my writer friend Jeff, he warned me, “There will be some young folks who won’t understand your problems at all. They’re lightning fast on the computer.” Even though those youths […]
Who in history would have ever thought technology would have evolved to the point that for some of us, our drive to work would be the most difficult and draining part of the day? We strap ourselves in these things called “cars.” As we pull out of our driveways, we tell ourselves we better stay […]
Again in Memory of Andy Rooney. A co-worker named Donald came up to me recently and said, “Aren’t you sick of the word ‘grab.’ Everyone says they’re going to ‘grab’ something these days. ‘Grab lunch…grab some paperwork…grab my kids.’ Why do they need to grab everything?” A look of astonishment covered his face. (For God’s […]