Keep this young patriot in your thoughts today. Molly Louise Baler will be eligible to vote in 2029; her first presidential election will...

When I vote I think of this young man. My uncle, Alan Woodhull Brown, Mom's big brother. A student at the University of Pennsylvania, a...

I want to introduce you to the New York Artists Circle, a diverse group of professional artists from the New York area that meets once a...

My grandson, Teddy, was born by caesarian section. When he was really little, well, bigger than this, he asked his mom for some details...

TRUCKS! Zachary, the son of my friends, Lenesa and Frank, worked with earthmoving and construction equipment and when he and Lizzie got...

I try to keep my posts uplifting or at least upbeat, but here's something I can't get over. Have you seen this? It's an ad posted on our...

In all the talk and uproar around statues, I've found some that we can ponder and appreciate. This is Doctor Benjamin Rush, Founding...

Fall is almost here, which means it's back to school. Mr. Rogers once began a talk by saying, "Let's be quiet for a minute. Think back to...

Drawing faces with just lines is hard. I've studied many who succeed-starting with Durer, Hans Holbein the Younger Rembrandt Charles...

This week, as I reminded you, we saw the unveiling of the Women's Pioneers Monument in Central Park. An officer of the Fire Department,...

Last year I wrote about my neighborhood and this sign at 254 West 12th. It says, “If we all do one random act of kindness daily we might...

This is a good time to Celebrate Wayne Thiebaud, American painter, born in 1920; that makes him one hundred years old; at least he will...

Back in March I wrote about my wonderful teacher, Roberto DeLamonica, and at the end I included how to make an etching, but did I tell...

Tuesday was the birthday of my brother, Alan Richard Swanson. Here we are in our early days. I can’t say I greeted him with open arms,...

Last week we celebrated the one hundred and seventy-second anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Here...

After my father died my mother said, "I'm not going to feel sorry for myself, I'm going to mourn him by having a good time and sharing...

In February of 2018, I went to see Michelangelo's drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was overwhelming. I spent a few hours...

Rest in peace, Milton Glaser, who died this week on his ninety-first birthday. When I was in Vermont, dreaming of New York City and...

Did you see in the New York Times that the statue of Teddy Roosevelt that strides in front of the Museum of Natural History here in New...

Here are some of the fathers in my family. June 18, 2020