artist fellowship at Winterthur90,000 artifacts (textiles, ceramics, furniture, ironwork….) 20,000 American & European imprints 3,000 record groups of manuscripts, trade cards, photographs, ephemera… |
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objectsI stand at my worktable, pierce holes in paper, thread a needle with waxed linen and bind the pages together… |
nestsBundled up with my walking stick in hand, I head out each morning for a brisk stroll. During the winter… |
history monthGrowing up I had two heroines—Laura Ingalls Wilder and Harriet the Spy. I read the books over and over again,… |
reading listIs the printed book in danger of dying? David Streitfeld examines the controversy in his recent article in the New… |
ye olde tyme revivalIt is the time of church fairs, jumble, estate & yard sales here in the Northeast hills. Tables under tents… |
strawberry banke aka Portsmouth, NHIf one needs a bit of time traveling for the final days of summer, plan a visit to Portsmouth, NH. … |
time travelingTime travel back to 1770 and Mary Ambler rightly sums up today, “A Rainy Day (very dull) if it were not… |
summer readingThere is nothing like a page-turner, and better yet, nothing like a bewitching summer read, and for this I turned… |
primerOn May 16, 1804, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was born in Billerica, MA. She was the daughter of Eliza & Nathaniel… |