I went last weekend to a high school reunion — a very unusual reunion which I will write about at a later date. This event, which was to span three days, was planned last fall so when my little puppy, Harriet, came to live with me, I already knew that the middle weekend in May […]
Whether it’s out of concern for the environment or for a desire to live a more natural lifestyle, more people are making green decisions for their homes. In Gallup’s annual Environmental Poll (2008), 28 percent of Americans said they’ve made major changes to their lives to protect the environment, while 55 percent said they have […]
First, let me confess that in 30 years of writing about art in Maine and New England, I had never visited the Saco Museum in downtown Saco, Maine. My guess is that you haven’t either. If not, you should. In recent years the Saco Museum (known as the York Institute until 2000) has been mounting […]
Last Friday, five poets gathered at the Chesham Church, the place of the art show, the place where the jazz concert would be held the following night. The church, which slumbers through the winter, had been the center of activity for the past week while the congregation held a work party to clean it inside […]
When painter Carlo Pittore died in 2005 at the age of 62, he left behind a lifetime of art in his Bowdoinham, Maine, studio. Artists naturally want their art to live on after them, but the fate of most posthumous art is to be packed away, scattered to the four winds, or even disposed of. […]
Back in 1998, entrepreneurial museum director Thomas Krens created something of an art world sensation when he filled the Guggenheim Museum in New York with 114 motorcycles. The controversial The Art of the Motorcycle prompted some wags to suggest that the bike show had finally fulfilled the circular Frank Lloyd Wright museum’s destiny as a […]
9. Branch and bee shapes lend their charms to these sterling-silver charm necklaces ($68 each). M. Flynn Accessories, Boston, MA 617-292-0079; mflynnjewelry.com
8. The twig form meets an array of spirals in this sterling-silver twig cuff necklace ($950). Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME 207-276-5000; shawjewelry.com
7. Cast from tiny tree relics, each Twigs and Heather twig necklace ($95-$350) is one-of-a-kind. Twigs and Heather, Nahant, MA 781-405-2569; twigsandheather.com
6. A spring maple seed becomes a work of art when dangling in sterling silver from this necklace ($125). Twigs and Heather, Nahant, MA 781-405-2569; twigsandheather.com
5. Maine natives (and sisters) Megan and Moria Flynn link circles of many shapes and sizes in their multihoop chain necklace ($128). M. Flynn Accessories, Boston, MA 617-292-0079; mflynnjewelry.com
4. Paying homage to Nantucket’s celebrated scrimshaw craft, these bug cuffs ($170 each) are made of hand-painted and finished resin. Jessica Kagan Cushman Studio, Redding, CT 203-938-7441; jessicacushman.com
