Isn't it a pleasure to open your windows on a gently warm Spring day and welcome in the breeze? Where I now live, in central North Carolina, we experience four fully-fledged seasons. Winters are mild, summers are muggy. And, like most, I'm grateful for climate-controlled … [Read more...] about The Open Window: A Timeless Pleasure of Oncoming Spring
Food for Thought
A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
Some bits of material culture come and go. Others stick with us for centuries. I am fascinated by what stays and what goes. How do our objects, our clothing, our pastimes reflect our present and our past? These are questions I want to explore here. I hope you join me … [Read more...] about A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
