Missing Dear Mooshie Cat

Do you have a non-human friend you miss a lot?

Rita Rigby’s art by Mark Rigby

An inspiration at any age, cousin Rita Rigby is lovely and vigorous of mind and body. She's both fun — and a talented artist!

The Reinvention of Lee Gale Gruen

Think it’s too late to write a memoir or to take on a new career? Actress/author/blogger/lecturer Lee Gale Gruen describes how, since she retired, she’s reinvented herself many times over (here's also an update on her)… When I retired from my 37-year career as a probation officer, and I found myself with nothing meaningful in… Continue reading The Reinvention of Lee Gale Gruen

Old/New, Out/In: North Carolina Museum of Art by da-AL

Khashayar with Awilda and Irma, 2014, by Jaume Plensa.

North Carolina is far more than pine trees and the ‘pottery capital of the world.’ Noteworthy art fills the North Carolina Museum of Art’s two buildings — as well as its outdoors. Over the single week that my husband and I visited a dear friend in North Carolina, we gravitated back to the fascinating museum.… Continue reading Old/New, Out/In: North Carolina Museum of Art by da-AL

Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina

Spiral Woman 1984, by Louise Bourgeois.

On the outside, the North Carolina Museum of Art doesn’t seem that huge. What makes it extraordinary is that everything in it is remarkable. So much so that I visited once and then twice and then thrice and four times (plus we had a great time here) I went somewhere else before returning, because -- wait!… Continue reading Cutting Edge Art in North Carolina