• A New Nest

    Grove Street on SundayMigration is the movement of people or animals to a new area or country in order to find better living conditions. It is about finding a new home. For me it is change and beginning a new life. Seven years ago I made that change.  In 1984 the Mid-Atlantic, for work and a larger future in the publishing field. My boss a native NYER recommended me for a New York publishing sales position with Scribner, Athenaeum and Macmillan Publishing. It catapulted me to a city that I had already fallen in love with while working at the Baltimore Museum of Art.  My early days in New York…

  • Alchemy

    She-Goat by Pablo Picasso For my 60th birthday one of my dear friends gave me a necklace and a small card that read “Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world.” This is a quote by the formidable philosopher William James. James wrote on pragmatism, epistemology, religion and psychology, but I find this short quote about friendship elegant and meaningful. The pendant of the necklace has two layers. The small top filigree, which is a tree symbol made of gold, has tarnished the piece it rests on, which is silver. It is this alchemy which makes the jewelry so beautiful. Alchemy is a type of change. Personal…