Happy Chanukah, the latke mobile menorah
Years ago, I went to a garage sale and loaded a cardboard box with old kitchen gadgets, pots, pans, and even an old oil tin from the basement of the sale. …
Bull’s Blood Beets
I planted several varieties of beets in my garden including, "Golden, Early Wonder, Flat of Egypt and Chioggio." They range from the lovely pale anemic beet, "Albino", to the "Bull's Blood" beet…
In a circular line, it all comes back
It was announced that for the first time in years the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks were to displayed in the Hudson River. The last time I had seen them over…
Cotton is High!
The world price of cotton in October of 2009 was 66 cents per pound. By October of this year, the price of cotton had risen to $1.26 per pound.The price of cotton had…
Yellow Tomatoes and Snow
Today, there were snow showers. The time for picking tomatoes from the vine has passed for this year. I used the yellow tomatoes that have been ripening on the table in…
Chsardas: Memories of Mrs Terhes
Csardas /ˈtʃaːrdaːʃ/: My Grandmother, would sew the costume and my Mother would teach me the dance. Which came first, the inn "Csarda" or the dance "Csardas"? That philosophical question was unimportant…
Packaging up the chard
My chard grows to great height and girth. I never harvest the plants until I have warning of imminent frost, since it is part of my decorative garden and people enjoy observing…
Cotton; in utero
Growing impatient to see the bolls in my garden burst and ripen with cotton , I picked one today and opened it up to reveal it's inner beauty. Here the developing cotton is placed…
The Vari’s Garden Party
The annual Vari's garden party is always held in late August in honor of George's birthday. I painted their portrait a few years ago in my studio in Toronto. When I paint a…
Jason Berger
Today, I received the sad news that my mentor and teacher Jason Berger passed away. A master of linguistict puns, he taught me that paintings contain visual puns and visual…