Nine-Year-Olds Take in Nation’s Capital
Nine-Year-Olds Take in Nation’s Capital
By: claycormany in Family
I’m not a big fan of Washington, D.C. these days. That city seems to epitomize all the nastiness and divisiveness that run rampant “from sea to shining sea” in 21st century America. Still, I can’t deny the city has enormous cultural and historical significance, and its monuments not only memorialize great Americans but also testify […]
The American Writers Museum Lives Up to My Hopes
By: claycormany in Writing
I recall as a child being totally awestruck by two museums my family visited. One was the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History. The other was Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The latter with its interactive exhibits, true-to-life coal mine, and World War II German submarine dazzled my young mind and showed me just how […]
American Writers Museum Could be a Hidden Treasure
By: claycormany in Writing
Chicago, the “Windy City,” offers a host of cultural attractions — the Art Institute, the Shedd Aquarium, the Navy Pier, Millennium Park, and the Museum of Science and Industry to name just a few. There’s also a lesser-known cultural attraction that I will soon be visiting: The American Writers Museum. Although I’ve been to Chicago at least […]
Heritage Farm Offers Fun and Education for Children
By: claycormany in Family
I recall a Peanuts comic strip in which Sally Brown and another little girl are walking through an art museum as part of a school field trip. Both girls admire the paintings around them. Then Sally’s companion comments on the fun they are having. Sally warns her to be quiet, claiming that since the field […]
Heritage Farm: A Gateway to America’s Rural Past and Much More
By: claycormany in Life in General
Question: Where can you meet pigs and rabbits face-to-face, take a tractor ride through a covered bridge, watch a grist mill in action, and see a blacksmith turn red-hot metal rods into knives? Answer: Heritage Farm Museum and Village. This past weekend, my wife, Becky, and I visited Heritage Farm, which is nestled in the […]
A Visit to an Artist’s Studio
By: claycormany in Life in General
When I was a kid, I loved going to my grandparents’ house and looking through the different magazines they kept by their sofa. One of my favorites was The Saturday Evening Post, which often featured a funny cover illustration by Norman Rockwell. One of my favorite Rockwell illustrations showed a caged lion staring longingly at […]
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