“G” I apologize to the A to Z Challenge followers for such a late posting! –sculptor Antony Gormley Antony Gormley is a world-renowned British sculptor. He was born in 1950, grew up in Yorkshire, and went to school at Cambridge. After Cambridge, Gormley headed to India for a few years and studied Buddhism. He then…
“F” Last week I attended a meeting of the Dallas Green Alliance with an East Dallas friend. This group’s goal is to choose a new mayor for Dallas that is not going to support a Trinity toll road. Can you imagine—a toll road in a river bottom? Even though I do not live in Dallas…
“E” Elena Ferrante is a mystery. This person is an Italian writer whose books are very popular in Italy and Europe, and who now is gaining popularity in the United States. Some are not sure if this person is a woman, or really a man who wants to go unidentified. Most believe the author is…
“D” André Derain (1880-1954) was a French artist born to an upper middle class French family that hailed from the outskirts of Paris. He went to school to be an engineer, but later met Matisse and became an artist instead. Matisse convinced Derain’s parents to let him leave engineering school to attend an art academy.…
“C” I’ve now read six books by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. The first was Adiós Hemingway, read almost eight years ago due to my Hemingway (EMH) obsession at the time. I enjoyed reading EMH in fiction and Padura’s book was one of the better ones with the literary lion involved in the story. Reading about EMH, fiction…
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