Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

The Hindu god Shiva (who has nothing whatsoever to do with sitting shiva) is usually depicted as one of the members of the great Triad,...

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD The New York Times No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo. The voluptuous woman...

The Prestigious Arte y Pico Award I am beyond honored. I am verklempt. I am . . . wow, that thing is really gaudy, isn’t it? . . . At any...

Simply delicious. From balsamia’s photostream on Flickr.

While I’m off deciding on seven questions to ask my first willing interview victims Bev and Deloney, I thought you might be entertained...

Writers of art history have long kept different cultures on separate shelves, but the modern world has shown how they relate to one...

My friend Kate lived for several years in Yuma, Arizona, and worked as an environmental lawyer on an Army base. She and her fiancé Ken...

Amazing. Simply amazing: