When I go to the gym, there are always multiple TVs on, so from visit to visit I get a glimpse of several news threads at once, although never the whole story. In the past few days, I saw each of these.
David
Gideon
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
Category: Sketchbook
Vive la France
I cannot live without…
Thanks to Mary Quattlebaum, it was a splendid Sunday afternoon spent among new books and their authors and illustrators, including Laura Elliott speaking about her new book on Ginevra de’ Benci.
Aunt Marge
Mesmerized by Music/Mahler’s Third Symphony
I am sorry about two things: first, that Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter is a mere tiny purple splotch in this sketch; and second, that I didn’t know until too late that she also would be singing—among other things—Simon and Garfunkel later in November at the Library of Congress.
Joe
Erna
Elephant Moving Day!
On my zoo walk this morning by the elephant house, I didn’t know I would be saying goodbye to Kandula, whose birth in 2001 I remember.
Below, I post a sketch from December 2004, when Kandula was three years old.
VE Day/Jour de la Libération
This year is the 70th anniversary. Schools and offices are closed.
Celeste
Mr. Darcy
May Day/Carcassonne Part I
An outing for the First of May.
Vera
Josiah
Italia!
Siamo arrivati.
On the Road
Spring Break in Italy
We’ve all been working hard on painting and schoolwork and so decided to take a spring vacation along with the French.
