Over dinner last night Isabelle shared with me a piece of her writing on the nature of time for her AP English class. It was funny...

Before I knew what painting was about, I was asked to physicalize a young Việt Cộng soldier through movements to assist an ex-Marine...

My American Mother used to remind me that when I first came to live w her I had said all trees were the same. There were not many trees in Saigon. What I first saw at 334 Warwick were the majestic trees. They were so tall reaching toward the open sky and so expansive that hid any hint of suburban living. Later, I cried a little when PSE&G had to chop one of them down because a branch had fallen on the electrical lines between neighbors on a very severe frozen night. It wa

Viet Nam was created by this beautiful story of the dragon meeting this beautiful water maiden who realized that they no longer could be...

After museum on Friday, I waited for all the students to leave before asking Frank to have dinner along with Rebekha. Happy that he said yes. I always love walking w Frank back to his home downtown from the Museum or the Park as we had done countless times over the years. Went picked up the car from garage. Knew better than parking at the MET which would charge an arm and a leg. I knew the ride downtown would be the only time we would have together. Ines said they no lo

In the movie The Fabelmans, Stephen Spielberg recounted how he first met John Ford who told him to make film he had to understand art and...

I visited my American family before returning to finish my Amherst college senior year. They were moving to Boston and asked me if I...