Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I’m tired today, so tired that I can barely put two sentences together. In a way that makes sense, that does not seem completely random, I mean. Which is, of course, a skill I teach my students: I call it … Continue reading →

This title is a pun. Not a very good one, I’m afraid. It comes from an article I read in the New York Times about John Singer Sargent. Apparently, after the scandal following his showing of Madame X, Sargent was … Continue reading →

This morning, because I had half an hour before an appointment in Coolidge Corner, I walked into the Brookline Booksmith, one of my favorite independent bookstores. I haven’t had much time to browse in bookstores lately, although of course I … Continue reading →

Some time ago, I read a New York Times article on the artist Patrick Dougherty, who lives in North Carolina and works all over the world. You can read the article here. Dougherty weaves tree saplings into the most amazing … Continue reading →

Years ago, when I was still working as a lawyer, I went to the New England Flower Show. It was not as interesting as I had expected: many of the displays were made with flowers so perfect that they looked … Continue reading →

Today, we went to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It’s very different from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, of course. It’s not a regional but a national museum. We went specifically to see the new wing, which looks … Continue reading →

I just realized something. It’s been exactly two weeks since I created this website and started posting on my blog. In those two weeks, it’s gotten well over 2,000 hits. That’s amazing. (I know there are blogs that get thousands … Continue reading →