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Italian mountain village

ink, watered acrylic on paper

I enjoy the slowed tempo and muted colors of life in good winter weather. Sometimes I have to fight my urge to add a lot of details...

My family traces our roots in Italy back to the 15th century. Ancestors left for America long ago. Hiking this ancestral area in the...

Ink, pencil, watered acrylic on paper

It had been too long. When spring weather arrived and the opportunity arose, we headed back to Baltimore for the first time since 2019. I...

Until recently, if a baseball player from Cuba wanted a shot at playing Major League Baseball, he had to defect from the island with the...

There was a time in American history when people defined themselves as sophisticated, financially comfortable and suitably fashionable by...

Frederick Wayman "Duke" Slater. 6-2, 207 pounds. All-American at the University of Iowa. Seven-time All-Pro NFL tackle. Lawyer. Judge. I...

Thanksgiving should receive its due. Before marketers and businesses reduced Thanksgiving to a financial milestone on the way to...

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