Summer birds and field notes on martins and warblers
A week of bird study sees young martins practicing flight on a lawn and divers visitors like robins, redwings, grackles, and sapsuckers near various trees and fields. The piece recalls a Walter Grayson walk and ends with a note on warbler watching frustrations and observer Wayne Hanley’s reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Central America
Dallas
Sudan
Peterson
Roger
Paul Rogers
Wayne Hanley
Massachusetts Audubon Society
The Dahllquist Cucumber Method and Garden Watering Tips
An advice column recounts Emil Dahlquist’s cucumber watering trick using empty cans buried in soil to direct rainfall, plus tips on soil moisture testing, mulching, compost, and preventing water loss. It explains how to avoid overwatering on clay soils, raise beds, and use organic matter to improve drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Tonge
Christian Science Man
Weymouth
Emil Dahlquist
Clinton
Connecticut
Emil
Dahllquist
Israel festival of music and drama slated for July to August
The Israel Festival of Music and Drama runs July 12 to August 14 across Jerusalem Tel Aviv and Caesarea with Bernstein and Mehta leading the Israel Philharmonic plus Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Quartet Jerusalem Symphony Royal Winnipeg Ballet Mummenschanz Les Percussions de Strasbourg and Paper Bag Players. It notes Jesuit bark Peruvian bark quinine facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel Festival of Music and Drama
Israel
Tel Aviv
Roman
Caesarea
Leonard Bernstein
Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta
Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Quartet
Jerusalem Symphony
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Mummenschanz Mime Theater
Switzerland
Les Percussions de
Strasbourg
The
Paper Bag Players
Reappraising Women's Arts in Quilts and their History
Susan Littlewood profiles Patsy and Myron Orlofsky, New York collectors and authors of Quilts in America. They argue quilts are major folk art, tracing textile chronology from ancient garments to 20th century works and noting how women shaped this craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Littlewood
Christian Science Monitor
Patsy Orlofsky
New York
Myron Orlofsky
America
McGraw-Hill
Orlofskys
New York State
U.S
Mr. Orlofsky
United States
Harvard College
Tristan
Dwight Eisenhower
Orlofsky
Cabbage Grower and Quilt historians feature in Valley notes
Giant 10 pound Dutch cabbage grown by Pop Preacher Rev. David L Webster of Salem is noted along with garden reports in Alabama Valley. In a textile history piece the Orlofskys discuss quilts that reflect American history from Job's Tears to Endless Chain and confirm plans for a second book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grayson
Ray Stannard Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Matt Crumpton
Pop Preacher
David L. Webster
Salem
Valley
Alabama
Texas
Rocky Road
Kansas
Orlofskys
Mr. Orlofsky
Mrs. Orlofsky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Grayson
Woodland Gazette
Tom
Jim
Jonathan
Walt
Massachusetts
New England
Roger Tory Peterson
Israel Planning Month OF Music
Spain
Ture
Stanford
Job
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF @GRICULTURE
Food Trades Staff
Heathcliff
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