by Nancy | Nov 28, 2010 | Miscellaneous
I thoroughly enjoyed going to the Brooks Art Museum in Memphis today. We went especially to see the exhibit of William Christenberry’s photographs. They were all taken in Alabama around the area where he was born. There was also a very interesting movie about...
by Nancy | May 12, 2010 | Miscellaneous
This month of May started with me finding three four-leaf clovers in two days at home. Yesterday coming back from Memphis I stopped at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, to give the dog a chance to do what dogs need to do. I found a total of five four-leaf clovers before we...
by Nancy | Apr 5, 2010 | Chasing Caterpillars, Miscellaneous, Research
Were there really no wells in Amsterdam in the late 1600s? While researching material for my book about Maria Sybilla Merian I realized that not once had I come across any reference to wells. Nothing was mentioned in the books I read. I had not...
by Nancy | Oct 20, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Travel
Last weekend in Columbia, MO, I tried Tiger Ice Cream at MU. It was quite tasty and the scoops were the biggest I’ve seen in awhile. Last night we went to Andy’s where I had my favorite––a concrete with raspberry topping (which means the topping is all...
by Nancy | Oct 19, 2009 | Chasing Caterpillars, Miscellaneous, Research
I have taken Maria Sybilla Merian and her family from Frankfurt, Germany, where she was born to Nürnberg, back to Frankfurt, on to Castle Waltha in Friesland, northern Holland and now to Amsterdam.This part feels different to me because I have not yet been to...
by Nancy | Jul 27, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Travel
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