Author & Ecologist
Well, when I said I was going to check out for a while, I meant it! Last time I posted, the trees Kansas City were just beginning to turn. Now, the holidays are upon us! It's been an extraordinary year, on all levels. I feel at once emptied out and renewed - as if the... Continue Reading →
I had the extraordinary opportunity last week to visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. The museum houses one of the largest collections of his early works, and gives the visitor an excellent chronicle of Picasso's development as an artist, from his teenage years all the way up through his later masterpieces. I've had... Continue Reading →
2016 was a hard year for a lot of people, myself included, but despite the general wailing and gnashing of teeth out there in the interverse, I can't help but feel that 2016 was, on the whole, no better or worse than 2015. To be fair, 2015 was a pretty bad year for me.... Continue Reading →
Carrie Fisher's death on December 27 was very sad news for me, as it was for many people around the world. I know she was so much more than the actress who played Princess Leia, but just that one role would have been enough to fill a lifetime. Carrie gave women of my generation something... Continue Reading →
Karin Rita Gastreich 