Maria Kalman

I do so love Maria Kalman. Her occasional blog for the NY Times has a new posting, with poetic, thoughtful images inspired by the inauguration*. She first became known to us through her children's books, and then did things like New Yorker covers, and the Times blog, and then famously illustrated the new version of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Once when E and I were in New York we went for a visit to the Children's Museum of Manhattan (so many nannies!) , the whole top floor was an installation of her drawings, including, randomly, all kinds of things about the Beatles. Of course I am very pleased by the drawings themselves, but her observations are so intriguing, I just want to have her over for a cup of tea. Or, better, go to the opera together and talk smack about everyone during intermission.


* I didn't write about this because I don't really have anything new to say, except, briefly: Wow, wow, wow; Justice Roberts, DOH; poets should hire readers;White Will Do Right; Dick Cheney- OMG; the booing made me a little mad; knowing that all those people, and all of my people, were feeling such patriotism for maybe the first time ever was incredible; loved the gold/green/teal, not so much the white Jason Wu; and just how much work there is to do, and how sobering- despite the joy- that really is. Oh, and as much as I would have liked to see Etta James, Beyonce nailed it.