Reading and Roaming
TREES IN ART Van Gogh’s Cypresses (Metropolitan Museum of Art) The last exhibit we visited in Manhattan this month was the small, but fascinating, collection of Van Gogh’s Cypresses. Probably Van Gogh’s most famous painting is The Starry Night. When we saw it here, we were made aware of the tall dark cypress trees on the left. Something I hadn’t paid …
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FEEL GOOD MOVIE Downton Abbey: A New Era The characters in the original Downton Abbey TV series, are the favorites of many, me included. This latest movie, the second one, brings everyone together again prompted by Tom Branson’s wedding to Lucy. There are several children running around, Lady Violet is hanging on, just, and Lady Mary has grown into her …
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BOOKNOTES Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson I thought Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life was a tour de force of a novel and I loved it. I started Shrines of Gaiety about a month ago, read about a third, and then set it aside. I wasn’t sure I’d finish it, but every time I picked it up again, I read a few …
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PURE ENTERTAINMENT The Three Musketeers We had almost front row seats for the Asolo Theatre’s action-packed performance of Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers. The early 17th century was the era of duels and only the slightest of slights could result in being called out. Thus, there’s plenty of slashing and smashing of swords, leaping, and jumping about, and even …
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