Category Archives: The Traveling Crone

You can take a Philistine to Paris…

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

I heard British artist Damien Hirst recently on BBC Radio 4′ s Desert Island Discs (listen here). I truly enjoyed the program and felt it helped me begin to understand the artist’s work. Emboldened by a new and vague sense … Continue reading →

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Achingly Hip

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

The Cackler is blessed with boundless Babelicious energy and a functioning set of knees but even she felt old and creaky when faced with three sets of stairs, no elevator, and the design features that were part and parcel of … Continue reading →

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Sparkly sweaters and Country Classics in Co. Donegal

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

The Contessa and I had each bought a sequinned top in Sainsbury’s which was just as well. Philomena herself was wearing sequins, and so was every other woman in the function room at the Ballyliffin Hotel. It seems everyone had shopped the major … Continue reading →

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Other People’s Houses

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

The one careful owner of Kate and John’s weekend apartment in New Orleans may be a great shopper at swap meets, flea markets and yard sales. Or perhaps she has way more than the average number of nutty relatives who … Continue reading →

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Heart Disease and Heart’s Desire: The Future’s in the cards

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

It is not everyone who can stomach fried oysters at breakfast but, really, this morning at 8 was my only opportunity to sample this dish, for which New Orleans is famous. We went to Stanley where I had fried oysters … Continue reading →

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Far from where I was raised

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

Disclaimer: If you were not born and raised in Northern Ireland, you will be unlikely to understand very much of this post. Don’t try to make sense of it.  It explores actions, attitudes and activities that make no sense at … Continue reading →

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Long weekend on Long Island

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

It was fabulous of course. The house was straight out of Martha Stewart–all paint effects, tongue and groove,  and small, interesting mantelpiece collections.  The kitchen was wonderfully well equipped and the garden beautifully laid out, planted and maintained . Stay … Continue reading →

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Doo Wop without Droop. Hitting the High Notes with Jay Siegel and the Tokens

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

The rest of the world’s music lovers are writing about New York lyricist Hal David who died yesterday. I am writing about three other New York musical giants. Jay Siegel, Jay Traynor and Larry Chance,  doo wop singers from the … Continue reading →

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Saying no to senseless clutter

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

There were two McCoy vases for $45 each, a salt box that would have looked good on my kitchen wall, and a transfer ware serving platter that Tom and Mike might have liked. I left them all at the yard … Continue reading →

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HOW meets Come Dancing at the Shinnecock Pow Wow

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

Our MP knows how to behave at civic events. Here on Long Island she was not called upon to cut a ribbon or say a few words, but at the Shinnecock Pow Wow the MP for Doncaster Central otherwise behaved exactly as … Continue reading →

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