Bits & Bobs

I bought the last copy of Les Fleurs by Louise Bourgeois in the Fondation Louis Vuitton gift shop as a birthday present for a friend who’s been painting a lot. While researching the book, I came across an image of all the prints mounted together and had an aha moment—I want to do that too. So I spent several days scouring other museum gift shops in hopes of finding more copies. On my way into the Grand Palais to see Matisse: 1941 – 1954—which is superb—I hit the mother lode. I’ll post a picture when I’m done.

Tana French’s The Keeper, the final book in the fantastic Cal Hooper trilogy, is out today. I’ve put down everything else to read it. I don’t use AI to write my posts; however, every once in a while I’ll have Claude proofread for grammar and punctuation. It usually tells me all is good, and I feel like I got an A on a paper—which is sort of sad. I will not succumb, and I’ve ordered Good Writing by Neal Allen and Anne Lamott to help me stay the course. I gift a lot of books and am designing a book stamp from WMS & Co. to personalize them.

A$AP Rocky’s song Punk Rocky is so good. Winona Ryder is in the video, along with Danny Elfman on drums.

And, whenever I run into Martha Stewart in Bedford (at Pilates or Garden Club) I notice her incredible skin and think, I want that, too. I am going to give her Elm Biosciences products a test drive.

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