Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Solving mazes is more than following a few useful tips. But tips are helpful anyway, so here are some more: In general, when a maze crafter puts together a maze, he writes in the walls first, leaving open spaces to travel through. To go through a maze, then, the solver […]
Every year I begin playing Christmas carols on the piano a month or two before December starts, and I am struck once more by the incredible beauty of these hymns. Christmas carols fill my heart with magic not only because of their association with my favorite time of year, but […]
St. Petersburg, Russia. December 1892. Gentlemen with carefully trimmed beards and ladies dressed in the eccentric puffy-sleeved dresses of the 1890s pack themselves into the Imperial Mariinsky Theater on a blustering Russian night for the very first performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Italian ballerina Antoinetta dell’Era laces up the ribbons […]
Observational Drawing There’s something about going for a walk in the woods with a sketchbook and pencils or watercolors in hand and finding a place to plop down and paint a flower peeking out from the ground, or sketch a pinecone lying on a pile of pine needles. It is […]
Now that Thanksgiving is over, what do you do with the containers full of turkey and other delicious leftovers from Thanksgiving? A quesadilla filled with turkey, cranberry sauce, cheese, and jalapeños is the perfect option! This recipe is fantastic for a delicious lunch or dinner, and it takes less than […]