In my county, they say that if you want to know someone, go look in their barn and see what they throw away. This is good advice. In the New Bedlam Farm, the barn speaks of Florence, the horsewoman and paperhanger who died in the house last year at 103 years of age. Rocky’s owner for 33 years. Her artistic sense is everywhere, in the house, in the barn. The lampshades speak poignantly of her, as does the fact she could not bear to throw them away.
27
May
Florence’s Lampshades
by Jon Katz