We recently came across a papercutting I had made some time ago, of an exotic figure with great hoop earrings, pointy shoes and wide pantaloons—a genie perhaps (I was reading The Arabian Nights when I made it). It was one of the first cuttings I had made, aside from the hearts, snowflakes and paper dolls […]

Overheard at a birthday party, as one child inspected the unwrapped presents: “Made in China, made in China…Why is everything made in China?”

I hope to get to the American Museum of Natural History to see the “Voices from South of the Clouds” exhibition. The NY Times reviewed it in their Arts section, and the Times online shows some stunning images in a slideshow accompanying the article.
The photographs exhibited were taken by villagers in the Yunnan province of […]

Somehow, suddenly, our trees have come alive with color. A week ago, they were still green, or maybe a muted brown at best. My wife remarked that perhaps you need such a humdrum year to make you appreciate those times when the leaves truly are ablaze. But now the hills show a patchwork of […]