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If you're in or near New York City this summer, I'd recommend you travel to the upper part of Museum Mile --1220 5th Avenue. That...

  Iolani Palace  photographed January 2026 by Charles Brown Portrait of King David by William F. Cogswell  Public domain, via Wikimedia Comm...

Nemours dining room, photo by Charles Brown                                   Delaware is home to two famous du Pont estates that reflect th...

Sculpture-topped fountain at Kykuit. Photo by Ariella Brown (all rights reserved) If you decide to explore some of  New York's historic ...

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  eriklarsonbooks.com/book/the-splendid-and-the-vile/ I'm now reading The Splendid and the Vile  by Erik Larson. As I remember from read...

 A novel series I highly recommend is one based on a set of real-life sisters and their amazing accomplishments. If you have not yet discove...

The term, as you'd discover if you look it up in a dictionary that includes etymology, is derived from the Czech term robotnik.  That t...

pic provided by Corning Glass Museum As some of my previous posts shoudl have indicated, I'm a museum nerd. The ones that are not t...

Two current exhibits at the New York Historical Society offer a study in contrasts in representing the feminine ideal as represented by th...