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Vienna Sewers from “The Third Man Movie”

“I wonder what the sewers looked like in “The Third Man?” my friend Rosie asked. One of the most famous scenes in the classic 1949 movie takes place in Vienna’s underground – in the city’s sewers. Karin from The Third Man Museum was able to provide photos of the open and closed manhole covers and the stairwell to the underground  that Harry Lime used in ‘The Third […]

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Tribute to Iris Fiorvante.

  Iris was a very talented artist whose work I admired when my career began. Her abstract expressionist style garnered many awards at prestigious exhibitions on Long Island, NY in the 1980’s. She died too young. But her work lives on. Fortunately, I was able to purchase a piece of her art: a dynamic little […]

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“Irish Blessing” (Ballinasloe Water Cover)

Story by the Artist My young friend, Helen Anne Gately, gave me reference material on The Ballinasloe Water Valve Cover located on a sidewalk near her Father’s hometown in Ireland.  Not only did it feature a handsome Celtic Pattern, but it also had the Gaelic Word for Water, “Uisce”. Wear’ in of the Green and […]

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