Writer, painter & photographer traveling & blogging about art & life after 60.

Joined September 2009
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Just published "Part 2--Hunting for Cowboys and Indians, the story behind the Photograph". This one celebrates an ancient Sioux Martriarch and Rattlesnake Joe. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Just published the latest chapter in my coming book "Sepia Secrets" about hunting down the true stories behind historic photographs. This one is about tracking Geronimo and Sitting Bull. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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HBO's reprise of the "Watchmen" comic book series inspired a post from my "Saga of Smiley" relating how, with the publication of the comic series, the Smiley Face evolved into a symbol of evil, dystopia and the fall of the Superhero. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Just published a post, finally, which asks the question, "How many of these banned books have you read?" arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Just posted an updated tribute to Two Fathers and Two Grandpa's in celebration ofna special Father's Day. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…

Finally posted all the adventures and drama of our big fat Greek Easter! arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Thanks to a new book "Girl in Black and White" I just updated my story of the seven-year-old girl who was the poster child for the abolition movement. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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With all the excitement in the news about the Harvard dags of slaves ordered by Agassiz, I updated my post about them and the "white slave" photos. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Just posted about what a fashion victim I was in the Swinging Sixties--again inspired by granddaughter Amalia's sticker book about 1960's fashions. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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Just reposted an essay from nine years ago chronicling how I followed every hairdo fad of the 1950's and 1960's. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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It's that time again--to post my essay on who really made the first Valentines in the U.S. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Finally published a new blog post--about Magnificent Magnolias now blooming in San Francisco and our brand new little granddaughter! arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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Halloween tradition: posting the story Reagan told me about the ghost he encountered in the White House. (No it wasn't Donald Trump!) arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
Just saw and loved the movie "Colette", so I updated my blog post on "Colette, the Most Scandalous Woman in Paris". arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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Seeing that Trump today stirred up controversy by calling Columbus an "inspiration", I thought I'd add to the fuss by reprinting my post of two years ago that suggests Columbus was really a Greek, not an Italian. arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2…
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