A Garden & Gun Anniversary!

In previous Anthology posts contributors pinned thoughts on all things “Party” the where’s and why’s and the how-tos. This will be nothing of the sort, for I am not given to the party the gathering or the soirée. I am a bit of a George Banks in that way Father of the...

A Legacy of Ed Clark

On a warm July day in 1946 photographer Edward Clark took his camera, several rolls of film, and documented “A Day in the Life of the Opry.” By the evening’s end, Mr. Clark had captured over 100 images of the Opry’s iconic characters, adoring...

Farrow & Ball – A Paint Beyond Colour

In this blogosphere I strive to anger no one or even frustrate anyone, but I’m slightly weary to step into this topic. Buoyed by the immortal words of Admiral Farragut “Damn the torpedoes..!.., and sure footed in my Wellies I wade into a simple glance at social responsibility, indoor air quality (of course), and environmental stewardship – all as experienced under the spectrum of color that is Farrow & Ball.

2nd Half

For fifty years now I have lived a charmed life. Things have not always gone to plan, but it wouldn’t be living if they did.