As a young girl, Ellen Weldon probably never dreamed she would grow up to become a calligrapher. “The first and only F I ever got was in the sixth grade for handwriting,” said Ms. Weldon, 67, who has since perfected her penmanship and has been running Ellen Weldon Design, which has been offering calligraphic services…
Ms. Montufar worried that decision might upset their disinvited guests who saw photos of the reception on social media. “I felt so bad,” she said, “because obviously they saw one of my good friend’s little sisters there, and it’s like, ‘Oh, they invited the little sister but they didn’t invite me.’” No one has since…
MALIHABAD, India — No fruit in India is as universally loved and as eagerly anticipated as the mango, which, for one brief window each year, cools and sweetens the long days of summer. Mangoes are added to kebabs, used to sour dishes and puréed with mint to make refreshing drinks. Connoisseurs argue fervently about which…
That good things come in threes was a lesson I learned in stages. It began years ago, when I bought my house in the Hudson Valley and noticed three tiny plants growing under the edge of the front porch. I did not know it then, but they were trilliums — specifically, the native wake robin…
One chilly afternoon this past January, Kennedy took the microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, before a crowd of maybe a few hundred people, some of whom carried signs reading, “We will not comply,” “Resist medical tyranny” (accompanied by a swastika) and “Land of the free you can’t mandate me.” A march…
He sent the single-take recording to Luhrmann. Within days, Butler, who lives in Los Angeles, had been summoned to the director’s home in New York. “From the moment he walked in, he was soulful, spiritual, kind — just brilliant,” Luhrmann said. Butler still didn’t quite have the part. That changed after Luhrmann asked him to…