Month: September 2025
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Eye Candy for Today: H.J. Ford dragon illustration
The Dragon flies off with the Empress, illustration from The violet fairy book (1906) by Henry Justice Ford. Henry Justice Ford was a British illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who was noted in particular for his pen and ink illustrations of fairy stories. The link is to a page on…
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A personal note: I’m still here because…
I am able to be here writing this because, as of yesterday, September 1, 2025, I have had my kidney transplant for 33 years! We were having a Labor Day barbecue with friends, when my wife called me into the house to take a phone call. It was Jefferson Hospital. I had been in to…
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Clark Institute image resource
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA was started as a museum to house their extensive art collection, and now includes a library and research center. The museum has recently made over 2,700 images of works from their collection available for download. They’re not exactly “high resolution” but large enough to browse and…