Sotheby’s, CEOs, and Union Workers
By BarbaraAnne:
While we worship the art that is sold at auctions, fantasize wearing diamonds in our mind’s vacation, luxury establishments hide another reality: how they treat their workers. Without people to move priceless art from place to place, there… Continue reading
Isabel Allende: Of Love and Shadows
By BarbaraAnne: Sometimes, you just need to curl up with a good book. I recommend “Of Love and Shadows,” by Chilean writer Isabel Allende.
She is the niece of Salvatore Allende, who was overthrown in a violent coup by Pinochet… Continue reading
The LongLocks Lexicon Makes Its Debut on Twitter!
The LongLocks HairSticks Boutique is pleased to present our brand new Twitter e-zine, The LongLocks Lexicon! The LongLocks Lexicon brings all the best tweets and links regarding long hair, hair styling, hair care and salons, all in one daily… Continue reading
Eternal Beauty: Audrey Hepburn and Frida Kahlo
By BarbaraAnne:
In the center of your body,
Energy radiates.
You feel it after aerobic exhaustion —
When you sing, dance, paint,
Write, or love a man.
The world can destroy you;
But only you can destroy your soul.
When… Continue reading
A Room of One’s Own
By BarbaraAnne:
This is my friend Miriam’s art studio. I see its silent, sunlit beauty. I also see all the gifted women who never had a hope in the world to get a space like this.
Jane Austen
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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