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A Soft, Spherical Shelter
Cries and Whispers, a healing hideaway created by an award-winning designer Jephson Robb, was inspired by his seven-month old niece’s loss of her mother to cancer
A bright sphere the color of a purple crayon is on permanent display at the New York’s Museum of Modern Art. About five feet in diameter, this sculpture titled Cries and Whispers is made of soft felt and has a … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged aesthetics and functionality, Art exhibition, Art world, Artist, award winning designer, Cancer, Cries and Whispers, Design, hideaway, Jephson Robb, moma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York City, Printing, protect human body and mind, SAFE, Sculpture, shelter
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Till Death Do Us Part: Elderly Couple Leave Life Together
Edward Hale stayed by his wife's side until the New York couple shared their final breaths before dying.
Few can literally say they loved their husband or wife until his or her last breath – but New York resident Edward Hale is one of the rare cases who kept the marital promise « Till Death Do Us Part … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Aging couple, Batavia, Couple, Death, Death of a Spouse, Dying, Ed Hale, Elderly couple, Final breath, Floreen, Floreen Hale, Heart failure, Hospice, Hospital, Marriage, New York, Till Death Do Us Part
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What’s Halloween without a Ghost Story?
My true story of a cocktail party in an 1866 haunted house in New York state!
It’s Halloween this month and in honor of one of my favorite holidays, I will repost one of my favorite Sharing Suzette’s from the past. On Halloween, we start to think things like, are ghosts real? Let me start by … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Cocktail party, Death and Dying, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Halloween, Halloween Story, Haunted, Haunted House, Holidays, New York, Old House, West Point Foundry
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George Kuchar 1942-2011
Renowned San Francisco Underground Filmmaker Passes Away
Experimental film legend and inspirational director George Kuchar passed away on September 6th at the age of 69. He is survived by his twin brother, Mike Kuchar, who shared his apartment in San Francisco. Also a filmmaker of cult fame, … Continue reading
Posted in Just Passed
Tagged Andy Warhol, cult, died, Film, George Kuchar, influence, John Waters, Mike Kuchar, New York, Oklahoma, San Francisco, San Francisco Art Institute, Short film, Underground film
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