The Scratchy Line-R. O. Blechman
Few illustrators have had such an impact in a variety of media forms for so long and remained so largely unknown as R. O. Blechman. The...
THE MAESTRO OF MOON RIVER
As a lover of music (look how many posts in this blog deal with music!), I like to call attention to luminaries younger music aficionados...
DAVID LEVINE
Above: David Levine's Franz Kafka I started drawing as a kid. I learned a valuable lesson one day in grade school. Often, I would draw...
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Artists # 2)
Recently I saw a posting for a home in the Real Estate section of The New York Times. I often look at the homes that are up for sale...
DR. SALK
Seems like a good time to bring up a vaccination story. People today don't remember the panic that engulfed America in the 1930s because...
LADY SOUL
When I was in my early teens, I used to listen to Top 40 radio on WABC am radio from New York, a ubiquitous voice blaring from transistor...
ALICE WATERS
Back in the day, chic New York City restaurants were typically French. Their famous entrees were traditionally prepared with a variety...
INTO THE WIND: TERRY FOX
Like many young people who are diagnosed with bone cancer, Canadian Terry Fox faced a heart-wrenching choice: lose the leg or dramatically increase the odds of losing his life. When the spread of metastatic osteosarcoma made the decision to amputate necessary in 1977, Terry could have settled for a restricted life circumscribed by "Handicapped Only" signs. He could have taken the safe route, and everyone would have understood. Instead, he was determined to help find a cure fo
