Culture Notes: Monet, Murder & Identity

Sometimes one comes upon the most enjoyable books or movies by happenstance and other times it’s on the recommendation of a friend. While I was in Philadelphia at the Barnes Foundation, I picked up a novel about Claude Monet called, Claude & Camille by Stephanie Cowell. Published in 2010, it’s a fascinating portrait of Monet’s …

On the Road: Onward to Bethlehem

Recently, we spent several days in Potsdam, NY, at Clarkson University, my husband’s alma mater, where the president and his wife warmly welcomed us.  The fall foliage colors are late in arriving this year and most of the trees were green and yellow with just a few dabs of red beginning to appear. I strolled …