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Month: January 2017

Silkworms, Gobelín Tapestries, and Detroit

Silkworms, Gobelín Tapestries, and Detroit

January 10, 2017

I’m forever finding connections between people, places, and things. This time it’s silkworms, Gobelín tapestries, and Detroit. It all started with childhood visits to Greenfield Village, an outdoor American history museum in the Detroit, Michigan suburb of Dearborn. Daytrips with family, a weekend with my Girl Scout troop, my high school prom, and lantern-lit holiday …

Blank Book Campaign Restores War-torn Library

Blank Book Campaign Restores War-torn Library

January 2, 2017

The book pictured above arrived at my home in Detroit around Christmastime this year. Below is the story behind its being sent to me.   Wartime adversely affected my late husband Charles’ dream of going to art school and becoming an artist when Adolf Hitler closed all art schools in Czechoslovakia during World War II. …

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2017

Pictured above is Charles (Karel) Novacek on wooden skis made by his father Antonin Novacek. Slovakia, 1932.

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