Category: Thoughts, Musings, Stories
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Noguchi sculpture appears in the Rose Garden, Episode #1
How a surprising news story in the US leads us to a Noguchi sculpture, a White House puzzle, and an unexpected update a week later … Breaking News, Friday Nov 20, 2020 “First Lady Melania Trump is pleased to announce the installation of Floor Frame (1962), by Isamu Noguchi (1904-88). The sculpture will be located…
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East Enders vs the Republic of China
How a small news story about East-Enders and the Chinese Embassy takes us on a big ride through family history, via the Battle of Cable Street and the mural … Ron’s late mum Alice Weihs was an honourary East-Ender. She was dubbed “Ellis the Ken-eye-dian” (cockney accent). She went off to London UK on her…
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Playing Real Good for Free
One of the pleasures of our 10-day stay in Lisbon was the quality of the street music all over the city. Best of all was a really fine ensemble from Cabo Verde playing near the waterfront, Nôs Raíz. We listened to their concert for about 40 minutes and bought a CD, which turns out to…
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Gallery 46: Photos of homeless in 1970s London
A room in Gallery 46 Gallery 46 is in Whitechapel at 46 Ashfield Road, one of two adjacent Georgian houses. To be admitted to 46, you knock on the door of its neighbour. The gallery occupies three floors of the otherwise empty house. The exhibition was “A Sort of Home”, photographs by David Hoffman of…
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Alice’s obituary
WEIHS, Alice Elizabeth (nee Fritsch)Passed away peacefully on February 18, 2015, at the age of 93, cared for by her son Ronald Weihs and his partner Judith Sandiford at their home in Hamilton, ON. Her son Frederick Weihs and her sister Rosemarie Herrell were of great support during her final months. Alice was born on…
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The Circle Unbroken
Alice Weihs at her 90th birthday party at PAL. Taken by Alla Palagina. My mother Alice died last Wednesday (February 18, 2015) in the early morning. She was in my house in Hamilton, where Judith and I had been looking after her since last November. She was born on August 27, 1921, and had a…