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…
Author: sherry
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…
The oversized busts of famous men opposite large buildings stood out on the postcards. The cards were imprinted with the words “Reward Card,” and I wanted to know what the reward was. I asked the…
This auction was obviously for the men, and plenty of them turned out for it. It was also for those of us who like nifty little things, and we got our eye-full, too. We all came…
The weather-beaten chest caught my eye because it was so beat-up. The wood had long lost its brownish color, and the thing looked to weigh a ton. It had heavy iron handles on the front,…
Discovering Rose Murphy, the 1940s “Chee-Chee Girl”
Posted in Music, and Performers
The jacket cover of the first 45 record in the box was a burst of orange, and standing in the middle of it with her trademark smile was none other than the great Lena Horne.…