As soon as I saw the tiny tree, I was excited. It looked exactly like the Japanese maple that turns a deep red in my front yard. The one that coaxes neighbors and strangers to…
Month: December 2016
The cute little pins looked like hair barrettes to decorate a little girl’s braids or ponytails. The pair were made of a soft pink enamel with a faux pearl encased in a diamond-shaped casing. When…
The pictures on the front of the paper fans reminded me of postcards. One showed men in suits and boater hats eyeing sunbathers on a beach from a boardwalk at the Jersey shore. Another showed…
A forlorn coffin standing off to itself
Posted in Death
It wasn’t exactly a pine box but it was wooden. The auction house had positioned the coffin upright, as if it were a closet waiting to be stepped into instead of a box ready to…
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater still “feels” my soul
Posted in Culture, Performers, and theater
I’ll never be able to listen to a Duke Ellington tune again without seeing the acrobatically graceful dancers of the Alvin Ailey company. Duke’s music is all over Ailey’s “Night Creature,” and principal dancer Hope…