Schiff, a New Haven native whose Yale career spanned more than 60 years, was a devoted archivist, historian, teacher, and mentor. She died on July 11 at age 84.
The most pleasant surprise of this summer’s garden has been the return of a Blacknight hollyhock (Alcea rosea nigra) that I planted several years ago. Its single blossoms are as close to pure black as any flower I know, but when the late afternoon sun.
AMHERST Pretty early in his life, Walter Carroll developed a great interest in classical music. But it wasn’t clear that would be his calling in life. He also loved theater, and after he’d graduated from college, he spent two years in the.
AMHERST Paulo Coelho, an immensely successful Brazilian novelist, has a gloomy take on the end of life.“Whenever someone dies,” he said, “a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experienced and saw dies with them.” Or not.An.