by Nan Rae | Dec 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
…when we were at the home of Rose and Ken Nielsen (President of Woodbury Univ.) for a Christmas brunch for Woodbury supporters.To digress, amazing Rose is senior director of development for the School of Architecture and she has been the driving force behind its...
by Nan Rae | Dec 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
…will cost you $1,400 more this year but please don’t let that stop you from sending out your tokens of love. I was thinking about that this morning … not about the swans, but about all of us, each in our own way, bustling about buying gifts. It...
by Nan Rae | Dec 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
The short of it is that yesterday I had a studio visit from a fellow artist who went to the SAME GRAMMAR SCHOOL! How amazing is that!!!Victor Fisher is a sculptor of renown and his wife Phyllis creates some amazing silver jewelry. While they live in the Newport area,...
by Nan Rae | Nov 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
as they say, “at the end of the day” …Stacey had accomplished the impossible … assembling and decorating the Christmas tree in the downstairs entry. Now before you say, ‘bah humbug’ permit me to give you a little background on this...
by Nan Rae | Nov 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
It was most strange, something like burning paper, just in the living room. Did I burn some pre-Thanksgiving dish? We searched and searched … nothing but this strong smell of burning paper. O.K., call the fire department!The sirens were coming closer, would the...
by Nan Rae | Nov 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
I know, I know, we grumble about seeing Christmas decorations going up BEFORE Thanksgiving but honestly, I HAD TO DO IT!Thanks to Stacey Rosenbaum (who got her tree trimming advice from hubby Joe) the tree was up in the studio with all the toys scattered about in time...