The face in the etching stares directly at the viewer. The light reflected on the subject’s full cheeks gives him an almost childlike look. But the sad eyes, and the lines above them, make him appear older than he is. Rembrandt Leaning on a Stone Wall, a self-portrait etched when the artist was in his… Read More Rembrandt the Etcher at the MFA
Monday, December 16, marks the 240th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, when the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawks and dumped British tea into the harbor in protest of what they believed was Parliament’s immoral taxation. Today, lovers of liberty can visit the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum on the waterfront. The… Read More Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
The sawyer fed a long board through the water-powered saw. All around the open-air mill blazed the glory of New England in the Fall. The trees were warm water-colors of yellow, orange, green, and a little red. Their reflection dappled even under the old grey wooden covered bridge. Old Sturbridge Village is a living history… Read More Peak Color in Sturbridge Village
Recently, I had the chance to walk for a spell in the city of my birth–Salem, Massachusetts. It’s an uncommon city whose spirit twists around the singular error of its life. In what has to be one of the world’s weirdest successful marketing strategies, Salem embraces her infamous past as the setting of the witch… Read More Walking Salem