“Beatrix Bobs Her Hair” is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a wild toddler girl named Beatrix whose mother becomes aggravated by persnickety tangles and dried yogurt globules in the young child’s hair. The mom impetuously phones a local childrens’ hair cutting establishment with the warning they’ll be there in 45 minutes, have […]

Mary Cassatt, the only American and the only woman to exhibit with the French Impressionists, turned up in our backyard this past week. I’ve always enjoyed her warm, lovely depictions of the mother-child relationship. Cassatt was ahead of her time. Luckily, I was able to snap a photo of her:

Imagine my […]