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Behold The Man

Agnus Dei; Francisco de Zurbarán  Ecce Homo; Mark Wallinger Once in a while, we encounter a phenomenon that seems to impact the whole world even if we are not directly involved. 9/11 is an obvious example, the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral seems to be another. Coinciding with Holy Week, it has touched a chord […]

Perchance To Dream

This should be the featured imaged. The blasted programme won’t let me set it as such. Grrrr….. Finally back to normal- sort of. Came home after the Fair just in time to tussle with some governmental filing madness. A more paranoid person than I am could easily come to believe that the government is trying […]

Showtime

Day 2 of the Country Living Spring Fair and we are still having fun. Yesterday was a blur – I had to go in 2 hours before the show opened in a mad panic to tweak the displays and make sure all was well. As per normal, the first day was the quietest, we had […]

The Big Reveal

  We made it to Ally Pally! It has been a hectic couple of weeks- I was in New York for 4 days then back to work for a week and now a pell-mell journey to Alexandra Palace. In the midst of that, sorting out tickets which didn’t arrive, ordering last minute ingredients, we have […]

A Woman’s Work Is Never Done

The wonderfulness that is New London Pharmacy, East 23rd St. Big shout out to Ony. Cake of splendour at Empire Cakes, 8th Avenue Beautiful rings by Rhea Kulcsar at the Artisan market next to Downtown branch of Dean & DeLuca. That mother of pearl ring is boss.   Have you ever made and poured out […]