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I love reading about the movers and shakers in the international art world and thought you might like to read an article written by Randy Kennedy  in T, The New York Times Style Magazine about New York gallery owner David Zwirner. Follow this link for the read about a colorful character who owns one of the top New York galleries: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/the-art-of-the-dealer/?ref=t-magazine

That’s right, I absolutely know where you can find the perfect thing for the pickiest person on your list – an art museum store.  All art museums have great stores where you can buy some really unique items you simply will not find anywhere else. Art books, jewelry, children’s games, cards, textiles, prints, and all kinds of gifts the art collector will  appreciate. Or, kick your gift purchases up a notch and buy that very special  person on your list a painting or piece of sculpture from an art gallery. Believe me when I tell you that nearly every gallery I  know has reasonably priced pieces as well as the more expensive ones.   A gift of art lasts a lifetime. Shown are just a few items from the Frye Art Museum Gift Store.

My heart is aching, so forgive me for not writing about art right now. Our beautiful, sweet, joy-filled Golden Retriever, Maxi, died last night. She was only seven years old and in perfect health up until four days ago. 

I came home from Petsmart the other day with two new balls and went out to the yard to throw them for the dogs. We have one other Golden, Suzi, Maxi’s sister. They were best friends and slept cuddled up together at night from the time they were tiny. Maxi is on the left and Suzi on the right in this picture. We bought both of them when they were three months old from a breeder up in Everett. Anyway, back to the balls. They had so much fun running like crazy to catch the balls and bring them back for another throw. Maxi was such a good girl, always bringing the ball back and dropping it at my feet. Suzi, on the other hand, was more possessive.

Maxi was the smarter of the two from the very beginning, with one exception — squirrels. She never saw a squirrel she could ignore and scared me to death on more than one occasion bolting to the chase while I was left with a sore arm, watching helplessly as she flew down the street with her leash and me dragging behind. She never did catch a squirrel.

Back to the ball. On Monday afternoon she threw up and started eating grass. By Wednesday I knew she had to go to the vet when I found half of one of the tennis balls. The vet, a kindly lady, took x-rays and showed me the results with four large pieces of something in her stomach. She operated that night and called to tell us the happy results as she had removed the four pieces of a bright pink ball. Maxi was doing well, and she said we could take her home on Saturday.

Yesterday her prognosis steadily worsened. She had a bad case of aspiration pneumonia. Pneumonia in a dog? We visited her yesterday afternoon and found a very sick girl with labored breathing. I knew then she wasn’t going to make it, but the vet said she was giving her antibiotics and there was still hope.

Last night about nine, the call came. She was gone. We took Suzi over to see Maxi’s body to help her understand where Maxi was. It was one of the saddest and most emotionally wrenching things I’ve ever been through. Believe me when I tell you dogs have deep feelings. Suzi did not want to leave her.

Thank you for reading.

Brenda

The other day I got an email from someone asking me to make the images smaller as it took a long time to load the pages on her computer. I try, really I do, to make sure each image I get is no larger than 72-100 dpi which is pretty much the internet standard for web page graphics. During the course of our emails, she revealed that she was still using a telephone line to get on the internet. Telephone line?  There are much, much better options out there including DSL from the phone company and cable from cable tv providers, not to mention 3G and 4G access from cell  phone companies. DSL is probably the least expensive and also frees up  your land line. Please, folks, do yourself a favor and switch to a more efficient method to get online. If you are still using a telephone line, you are living in the dark ages.

You can pretty much forget going to a museum today. According to the Seattle Times, there’s a lengthly list of art closures:

Bellevue Arts Museum . The museum is closed today, Wednesday, due to the snow. Updates will be posted on the museum’s website.

Eastside Jazz Club: A concert scheduled for Tuesday is being postponed until Friday, Jan. 20. Details are on EJC’s website.

Frye Art Museum : It’s closed Wednesday, Jan. 18. Go to the Frye’s website for snow closure updates.

Henry Art Gallery . It’s closed Wednesday, Jan. 18. Go to the museum’s site for snow closure updates.

Pacific Science Center: All exhibits are closed today; all planetarium, live science and laser dome shows are canceled. IMAX screenings of "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol," "Tornado Alley 3D," "Adventures of Tintin," and "Sea Rex 3D" will take place, but will start late. See the center’s website for more details.

Patricia Cameron Gallery : The opening of "Resonance," an exhibition of Leslie McKay’s drawings, has been postponed from this Thursday to next Thursday, Jan. 26. Read more about the show here.

Pierce County Library. It’s closed Wednesday, Jan. 18. Library card holders may still use the online library.

PNB School: Classes are canceled at the Phelps Center in Seattle and Francia Russell Center in Bellevue on Wednesday. Check the website for updates.

Seattle Art Museum : All three sites (downtown, sculpture park, Volunteer Park) are closed Wednesday. Check SAM’s website or social media (Facebook, or Twitter @iheartSAM) for updates.

Seattle Public Library. The library’s site says "Due to weather conditions, all locations will be open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today [Wednesday, Jan. 18]. Please call before attending an event."

Town Hall. Author Andrew Ross’ talk on "the world’s least sustainable city," Phoenix, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed to an unspecified date. Town Hall says ticketholders will be contacted.

UW World Series. The UW campus has shut down, so Trio con Brio’s planned performance at Meany Hall has been canceled. Ticketholders are encouraged to call the UW ticket office at 206-543-4880 beginning at 11 a.m. Friday to request refunds or exchanges. You must make your request by Feb. 15.

WICA (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts): The first session of the center’s Glee Club for young people is postponed from Wednesday to Saturday. Details on WICA’s website.

Note:

"Cavalia" is due to open at 8 p.m. Wednesday night, but presenters are monitoring the weather and will make a final call about the premiere between noon and 4 p.m. Wednesday. Visit "Cavalia’s" website at or after 4 p.m. Wednesday to find out if the opening is postponed to Thursday.

Snow days are tough on businesses. Scheduled openings have to be cancelled, few, if any, people walk through the doors, and some employees or owners can’t make it to work. When my kids were small, I loved snow days. They would have a ball outside with their sleds and snowball fights while I would make a big pot of nice hot chili to be hungrily consumed by the fireplace when they came inside. Another great thing about snow is the quiet it brings since the few cars that are on the roads drive very slowly. But the most wonderful benefit of snow is the beauty of the winter wonderland outside the window while you’re all cozy and warm inside the house.