then she appeared

There is this series of visual blog entries posted in the NY Times that I find fascinating. They're about the United States and history, by the artist Maira Kalman. She is quite famous; an all-purpose illustrator, with covers for the New Yorker, writing and illustrating children's books, and designing sets for the Mark Morris Dance Group.

But these blog entries are just damned cool. Her inaugural post was, naturally, about Obama's inauguration. February, fittingly, was about Lincoln. March's entry was on voting and the democratic process. April's, the first one I noticed, was on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court.


Last month's was about Memorial Day. I'm starting to anticipate her entries, now, tied to something relevant about the month.

I really love them all. I love her style, and I love her thoughts and what she highlights. This latest one, however, on Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, I found particularly appealing, since I've been to Monticello and thought some of the same things she did. Really nicely done.

I've discovered that she has an old series of these, from 2006-2007, so now I can dive backwards and see what she was thinking then. Looking forward to it!