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Current ArticlesThis feed's current articles are shown below. Subscribe for updates to all the content available in this feed, or click through here to see the original article.  These two are clearly a couple. Bound together by history, gravity, and matching frames that were once gilded and beautiful. Time has not been kind. Nor has moisture. They are barely hanging on. She is attempting dignity, but dignity has cracked—literally—right across her forehead and is making a daring escape toward her temple. Her hair... Read the whole entry... »
- The Feast of Light
- Easter Morning
- Let’s Go Antiquing
- You are Awesome
- A Little Bit of Everything Lovely
  The lady pauses at the counter to loosen her gloves, easing them off one finger at a time, and puts them in her small beaded bag. She whispers with her eyes to her child who stands close, eyes level with the glass-topped boxes arranged in careful rows, each one no bigger than a matchbox, each holding something needed, «Don’t touch. » ... Read the whole entry... »
 Shelley Noble is an extraordinary mixed-media artist whose work feels as if it has been pulled straight out of a folktale. She creates handmade pieces that blend natural materials, hand-crafted textures, and miniature set-building techniques in to create the spirit of Halfland. This is a Christmas ornament—one of many that Shelley has sent... Read the whole entry... »
 The crèche in Provence isn’t just a nativity scene — it’s a miniature village brought to life, with dozens or even hundreds of figurines that tell the story of the Nativity and of Provençal daily life. The word santon comes from Provençal santoun, meaning “little saint.” During the French Revolution, when church nativity... Read the whole entry... »
Around the kitchen table we gather quickly, bringing out from my studio a box of pens, books, paper, paintbrushes, paints, tape, and scissors.
Olivia sits beaming; I couldn’t be happier. We start to color and paint and talk about art—literally, what colors we should use and how Olivia dabs each painting with her little Kleenex.... Read the whole entry... »
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