Mickie acierno biography of william hill
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Yaddo records
DYaddo is an artists' retreat located on a acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Yaddo first began welcoming creative guests in , but its roots extend back to the final decades of the 19th century. After the loss of their fourth child, Spencer and Katrina Trask decided to bequeath their baronial mansion and its surrounding grounds to future generations of creative men and women. Yaddo's guest list has included Newton Arvin, Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, John Cheever, Aaron Copland, Malcolm Cowley, Philip Guston, Patricia Highsmith, Langston Hughes, Ted Hughes, Alfred Kazin, Ulysses Kay, Jacob Lawrence, Sylvia Plath, Katherine Anne Porter, Mario Puzo, Clyfford Still, and Virgil Thomson.
The Trasks Spencer Trask was born September 18, in Brooklyn, New York. Spencer's father, Alanson Trask, had established the family financially by selling supplies (principally shoes) to the Union army during the Civil War. In , Spencer
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The Thanksgiving holiday will soon be here, which encourages me to reflect on & share this collection of new quotes Ive gathered that embody the act of giving, creating, and gratitude. These musings of thankfulness, graciousness & the power of art are wonderful to remember no matter the time of year! I believe this lens can also help offer some creative counteraction to fear, judgement, and shame during times of distress, suffering, and sorrow.
What creative quotes or practices help ground you in gratefulness & generosity?
- The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
- All art arises out of gratitude, a deep pervasive feeling that you are glad something exists outside yourself, that something can complete you. ~Dorothy Koppelman
- Gratitude is a way of creativity. ~ Apollo Matrix
- The art of appreciation begins with self appreciation. ~Amit Abraham
- Gratitude fryst vatten an art of painting an adversity into a lovely pi
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Tradition.
I love that word. It brings to mind memories of times past and occasions and activities that were so special, unique, or fun that they became incorporated into our souls and repeated over and over again.
No season seems to echo the thought of tradition more to me than the winter holidays.
For me, its Christmas and all that goes with it. A visit to the greens market with my friend Jan. A holiday gift exchange with good friends where we choose our gifts based on the theme of a favorite holiday song.
For my friend Jane it is baking biscotti at Hanukkah. For my interfaith cousins with a large extended family, it is a way to make gift giving for Hanukkah and Christmas both fun and economical.
My holiday decorating begins on Thanksgiving weekend. And with that seasonal launch comes the revisiting of treasured ornaments, favorite recipes and memories of all the past seasons.
When I pull out the giant Gingerman my dad made for my mom, it reminds me of a tradition we us