Anne Taylor Davis just sent me a link to an article featuring a photograph by one of Tomie’s twin cousins, Frances (Franny) McLaughlin-Gill.
Gloria Steinem, 30 years old in 1964. The photo accompanied Steinem’s interview with Dorothy Parker in a 1965 issue of LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL.
Tomie was so proud of Franny and her sister, Fuffy.
Thanks, Annie! (Bob)
Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
An Orderly Transition would be nice, too.
Tomie was featured in the 1993 “The Official New Hampshire Guidebook. (Bob)
Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
An Orderly Transition would be nice, too.
Tomie had children’s theater at Colby-Sawyer College in the mid-1970s that performed in New London and elsewhere in New Hampshire. These photos feature puppet shows.
(The name of the college kept changing in the mid-1970s. Colby Junior College to Colby College - New Hampshire to Colby-Sawyer College. Tomie said the stationery kept getting shorter. They chopped off the old name and printed the new name on the same stationery, and repeated the process each name change.) (Bob)
For many years, New London’s Santa wore clothes designed by Tomie and patterned after Tomie’s Santa in his book, COUNTRY ANGEL CHRISTMAS. I hope Santa, attired in Tomie-wear or not, visited your home yesterday morning.
My yesterday. Well, God didn’t bother to consider MY plans for the day.
When I got up in the morning, I was relieved that the torrential rain and the snow on the roofs hadn’t caused a roof to collapse.
As I was sitting at one of the desks in the barn, I heard a gurgling noise. Not a good indoor sound.
The perimeter drains were not moving the rain coming off the roofs quickly enough, and water was streaming throughout the barn. The movie title, “A River Runs Through It,” and the song title, “Rainy Days and Mondays,” came to mind.
I went into the house and standing at the top of the basement stairs, I heard a noise similar to an open bathtub faucet. Again, not a good indoor sound.
I wasn’t surprised to see water covering much of the basement floor. There was a gusher pouring in from one area.
It occurred to me that during Tomie’s thirty-plus years of adding structures, and roof surfaces, to the house and barn, the perimeter drainage system had never been examined and updated. My first maintenance project for 2021 has been identified.
Because Tomie was rather childlike about Christmas, his absence yesterday was especially noticed. (Bob)
Christmas was Tomie’s second favorite holiday. The first was his birthday.
Here’s an art-mail from 2016.
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate Christmas. (Bob)
Pray for Peace, Justice, and Equality
An Orderly Transition would be nice, too.
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