TO PUT TO REST the endless speculation and rumors and clear the air once and for all, I submit the following pre-announcement about my immediate political future: My platform for the presidency as Continue reading

THE INTERNET, powerful as it is, cannot communicate the tactile experience of a painting: the grooves, the brushstrokes, the layers of pigment; the way it reacts to light; the lingering smell of paint; Continue reading

THE APPLES ARE IN. Make no mistake, I do not grow them or pick them. My job is to photograph, write, and talk about the apples grown here in New Continue reading

I WILL BE EATING, breathing, speaking, and dreaming apples for the next few weeks, beginning with the 17-day Eastern States Exposition (“The Big E”), which opens tomorrow, Friday, September 12. I Continue reading