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Glass Artists of Colorado 17 December 2021 A Sears catalog ad from the 1950s for Shiny Brite ornaments. The Shiny Brite story begins after World War I with Max Eckardt, a German born in 1890. “Though Eckardt was from Oberlind, Germany—just 20 miles away from Lauscha, a hub for glass ornament makers—he first trained in

Art is like breathing

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/2021/11/29/sibleys-toyland-rochester-ny-wonderland-druing-christmas/6255970001 Generations of Rochesterians made a downtown visit to Sibley’s Toyland and the Magic Corridor an annual part of their holiday-season traditions. Democrat and Chronicle 29 November,2021 The Magic Corridor took children through a dark tunnel lined with animated characters portraying various Christmas stories. Toyland was Sibley’s way of beefing up its assortment of kids’

Ilya Kaminsky29 November 2021A day of remembrance of Holodomor: nearly 90 years ago millions of people died in in man-made famine in Ukraine. It was forbidden to talk about this. Some who insisted on speaking were told they had delusions & forcibly placed into mental institutions. (See the poem by Boris Khersonsky that Katie and

Many of the things we learn, are not in words but in soft quiet shared moments. 27 November 2015Grandpa and I trying to figure who can cheat better at cards. At 94, he still has the luck in his hands.