UNIVERSAL DESIGN REDUX
“RESTORING A HOUSE FOR EVERY BODY,” by Penelope Green, The New York Times, January 29, 2023, rekindled my interest in “Universal Design,” as described in SimanaitisSays back in 2014. Penelope … Continue reading
THE POWER OF WORDS AND CLAY PART 2
AN INVITATION TO THE 78th Scripps College Ceramic Annual got me interested in the article “Speaking Volumes: Pottery and Word,” by ceramicist Paul Mathieu. Today in Part 2, Mathieu discusses … Continue reading
THE POWER OF WORDS AND CLAY PART 1
A NEAT POSTCARD ANNOUNCES the 78th Scripps College Ceramic Annual at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery in Claremont, California. Bless their hearts; the Gallery has me on its mailing since … Continue reading
OPERA’S SEVEN DEADLY SINS
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S MONTHLY OPERA NEWS features Henry Stewart’s “Operapedia,” wherein he chooses a topic and expands it around operatic themes. His January 2023 theme is the Seven Deadly Sins. … Continue reading
THIRTIES COSTUME DESIGN PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING tidbits from Daughter Suz’s Christmas present (from me). Today in Part 2, we’ll see a guy wearing no undershirt, a gal who could wear just about … Continue reading
THIRTIES COSTUME DESIGN PART 1
THE KID HAS GOOD TASTE, I’ll say that for her. Daughter Suz gave me a wish list of possible Christmas and Birthday gifts (her middle name is Noelle), and one … Continue reading
PYRAMUS AND THISBE’S ROMANCE—TRAGIC AND NOT SO MUCH
THE STAGE WAS SET BY Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined where Stephen Fry says, “Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet, Heathcliff and Catherine, Sue Ellen and J.R.—the doomed lovers we … Continue reading
JANUS 2022/2023 PART 2
YESTERDAY, JANUS STARTED LOOKING backward and forward here at SimanaitisSays. Indeed, he was sufficiently curious to find enough relevance for today’s Part 2 as well. One Thing Leads to Another. … Continue reading
JANUS 2022/2023 PART 1
THIS TIME EACH YEAR, I EXPERIENCE nostalgia mixed with hope. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, are tidbits gleaned from 2022 SimanaitisSays together with aspirational expectations for … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE SKYSCRAPERS’ GRANDFATHER AND KIN
I’VE NEVER BEEN TO “the grandfather of skyscrapers,” but I have visited its elder cousin. Here are tidbits about both. The Ditherington Flax Mill, 1797. Also known as the Shrewsbury … Continue reading
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