Jacht-ing
The waterways here in Maine are full of pretty wooden boats these days. And for that we can thank England’s King Charles II and the Dutch. The King, who was in exile in Holland during the mid-1600s, brought back a yacht,…
Great Lawn
I want to rip up our boring lawn and replace it with a flowery mead, the carpet of tiny flowers you find in Medieval paintings and 15th century tapestries. The smallest blooms—birdsfoot trefoil, thyme, hawkbits, ladies’ bedstraw, self-heal, cowslip, viola,…
Up in the Air
The history of giant, fluffy cumulonimbus clouds is discussed in Encyclopedia, but a San Francisco artist has embarked on an especially poetic project, “A History of the Sky.” It is simple, and stunning. A camera perched high on a city rooftop takes…
Bollywood Bombshell
The singularly fabulous Bollywood sensation, Helen, makes a cameo in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. And why not? She appeared in over 500 Indian films during the second half of the 20th century, shimmering across the screen in a gyrating, hip-thrusting…
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