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Immigrants to a new nation are often the most ardent in their love for their new country and my family was a classic example of the...
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Sam Darling
- Sep 1, 2015
- 2 min
Grandmother’s ukulele violin
As a child I knew there were some mysterious boxes stored behind this Chinese screen in my grandmother’s summer home. When I was twelve...
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Sam Darling
- Aug 24, 2015
- 1 min
Block party music
I love music. I love all kinds of music. But music in context. I’m not going to blast you with opera singing when you’re trying to eat...
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Sam Darling
- Jul 8, 2015
- 2 min
My fellow meat eaters
We’re a bunch of weirdos. Some topics will set off reflexive defenses and meat eating is one of them. If you’re a meat eater and you’re...
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Sam Darling
- May 29, 2015
- 1 min
Vintage French theatrical posters of Daniel Crouet
The items my performer parents accumulated in their long careers sometimes travel down to me in the form of mysterious poster tubes. I...
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Sam Darling
- May 15, 2015
- 1 min
Family castles and fun
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in castles. Although, technically, many of these are considered manor houses. I have many childhood...
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Sam Darling
- May 7, 2015
- 1 min
Our Sunday best
Chicago suburbs, 1950s, USA Maria Baroni with grandmother Elise & mother Helene. Just a little touch of glamor of you on this fine day....
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Sam Darling
- Apr 20, 2015
- 1 min
Vintage late 60s Mod style & New Orleans
Some vacation photos when my mother was on break from the opera and exploring New Orleans. Some vintage Mod and late 60s style on...
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Sam Darling
- Apr 13, 2015
- 3 min
Boys & genetic destiny
I grew up in a talented family that holds the idea that talent runs in a family as a form of destiny. My grandfather, Roger, was a cold...
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Sam Darling
- Mar 27, 2015
- 1 min
The Merry Widow
One of my fellow opera nerds made a joke by saying, “Meet you at Maxim’s” and I was transported to Art Nouveau Paris. Only, I could hear...
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Sam Darling
- Feb 15, 2015
- 1 min
Another sketch – Elise
With a photo of Elise from from a few years prior to that same time period. My grandmother was a very talented artist. The whole family...
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Sam Darling
- Dec 26, 2014
- 1 min
Home movie of Agra, India 1970s & cultural appropriation
Here’s a tip to your future generations: Include images of road signs or other identifying markers. It’s not every home movie that...
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Sam Darling
- Dec 19, 2014
- 1 min
Great Grandfather Gustave Arents
My paternal great-grandfather was a rakish fellow from near Brussels, Belgium. The bit of family lore we do know about him is that he was...
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Sam Darling
- Dec 5, 2014
- 2 min
Hunting, fur, & pets
We had a traditional relationship with animals. We had many pets we adored living alongside our fur coats and hunting trophies. It’s a...
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Sam Darling
- Nov 21, 2014
- 1 min
Fifties Americana
No one is more American than an immigrant. I think of my family when the US immigration reform discussion crops up again because we are...
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Sam Darling
- Nov 12, 2014
- 2 min
National identity and a nanny named Becassine
One of the things that glues you to the people of your nation is shared childhood experience. It’s always an odd moment for me when I...
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Sam Darling
- Nov 4, 2014
- 2 min
Your physician is crap at science
There are a lot of physicians in my family and perhaps that’s why I’ve befriended doctors, their children, and worked for a number of...
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Sam Darling
- Oct 20, 2014
- 2 min
Ballerinas are tough as nails
My maternal great aunt Hermine is a spitfire who has always amazed the family with her abundant energy and stubborn streak. She is tiny....
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Sam Darling
- Sep 12, 2014
- 1 min
Children’s clothing, organized!
Did you go back-to-school shopping? Is your child’s room overflowing with clothes and making you crazy? I know, right? I do have one...
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Sam Darling
- Aug 19, 2014
- 5 min
Secrets of Southampton
I’ve told you before how I am a sort of time traveler, inhabiting worlds and activities from a bygone era. This is a common pastime of...
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