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The Forger’s Spell; A Dutchman’s Brilliance at Lying Instead of Flying

Eighty years ago, the most famous work attributed to 17th Century Dutch Golden-Age Master Johannes Vermeer was “Christ at Emmaus.”  A consensus of art critics and art historians hailed it as Vermeer’s finest work. The painting (with other masterpieces) were sold to Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Hitler’s #2) for approximately $35 Million in today’s dollars. Göring […]

A Heist From a Different Mold: Widows

I like Heist movies – a lot.  I like the big noisy kind such as The Town, the predictable, such as the Italian Job (both versions) and sometimes the star vehicles such as Ocean’s [enter number in the series here].

My favorite Heist type films are the ones with less a violence and […]

Late Fall in the Garden District

By Wood River Valley standards it is late fall. Sun Valley is making snow on Baldy and Dollar Mountain.  Because it has been cold and clear – there is a great deal of snow on the ski mountains.  There has not been much precipitation otherwise.  So I decided to head up high into the […]