I recently completed a couple of art pieces for my son, Drew. One is seen above and the other can be found here. Each of them is cut from a single sheet of Tyvek paper and mounted on mat board. For those of you who may not know the history of Drew’s passion for culinary arts, I thought a bit more explanation may be in order. It started when he was about six years old. We were eating dinner together and after…
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Chef Drew has his roots firmly planted in the earth which in turn provides the needed ingredients for his creations. And they are entwined in his creative flow depicted as a river filled with…
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Above photo courtesy of Palermo Galindo. The Day of the Dead celebration at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art was a success! We had record attendance – more than any other FWMoA event to date. The…
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Blog Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) 2012 - The Dinner Table
Mary Ellen ‘Mamie’ (Linnane) and James ‘Jim’ O’Connor
(1883-1972) (1886-1976) I have just a few memories of my paternal grandparents living on their legendary Kaukauna, Wisconsin family farm because they moved into…
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Blog Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) 2012 - The Dinner Table
Ada (Krueger) Wasbotten (1898-1972)
Joel’s Grandma Ada died when he was only nine years old, so his memories of her are a little blurry, but fortunately his siblings are great storytellers. According to them: Ada drank Sanka, ate…
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Blog Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) 2012 - The Dinner Table
Myrtle (O’Connor) Golden (1894-1990)
My Great Aunt Myrtle was chosen as my caregiver when I was three and four years old and my mom went back to school to be a teacher. Lucky me!! Despite being so young,…
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Blog Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) 2012 - The Dinner Table
Bara ‘Barbara’ (Suc) Sestric Pavich
(1900-1962) My grandmother arrived in Kansas City, Kansas via Ellis Island in 1919 at the eager age of 19 and at a whopping 4 feet, 9 inches tall. She was alone, having been encouraged…
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Blog Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) 2012 - The Dinner Table
Ione ‘Glee’ (Wasbotten) and Albert ‘Al’ Nagahashi
(1933-1993) (1915-2000) Aunt Glee and Uncle Al were Joel’s quintessential ‘cool’ aunt and uncle. Having no children of their own,…
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(1906-1996) (1902-1996) Grandma Louise was one of those women you’re grateful to have as part of your family tree – strong, wise, fun-loving, and quietly dignified. With breakfast…
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Joel’s ‘little’ brother towered over him as evidenced by the family picture in the center of his plate. That loving goodbye, a family group hug, was the last time we were all together, wishing…