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How To Downsize Without Feeling Depressed- The Ethel
Sometimes downsizing isn’t a choice but thrust on you. When you are both a serious collector and sentimentalist like me that is never easy. But when 2 tragedies nearly back to back forced me to...
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A Window Into My World
Sally Edelstein in her studio If you are in the New York area on October 16th I am inviting the public into my home and studio for an archaeological dig into the mid-century culture. As part of the...
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Paper Trail
Rumors of paper’s death are greatly exaggerated. That surely will be the takeaway for anyone who visits my studio and home this weekend for the Heckscher Museum Art Studio Tour this Sunday, Oct 16....
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Have You Visited My Online Shop?
Bring my art into your home and your lifestyle. Order a museum-quality archival print framed or unframed, or apply one to a ceramic mug, perfect to enjoy your morning cup of Joe with. Wear this...
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Cuban Missile Crises at 60
The cold war chill I caught as a child is directly connected to events that happened sixty years ago today. The Cuban Missile Crisis gave me a case of nuclear jitters that have stayed with me ever...
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My Tribute to MAD Magazine
Sally Edelstein absorbed in her collection of vintage MAD Magazines In a world gone mad, I still find comfort in reading my old MAD Magazines. On the occasion of this classic magazine turning 70, I...
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Adidas Loses the Ethics Race
Adidas did not win any ethics race crossing the finish line by finally severing its ties with Kanye West. For a sports company like Adidas whose brand is associated with speed, they were woefully slow...
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Childhood drawing of God by Sally Edelstein 1962 In another lesson from my childhood department. Despite living in a so-called “Christian nation” with the far right claiming God for themselves, even in...
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Vote Your Conscience Not Your Party
Bring in the Clowns It’s no secret that clowns and whack-a-doodles have officially hijacked the Republican party. The once-upon-a-time Grand Old Party is now the antithesis of grand, populated with...
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Republicans Have Drunk the Kool-Aid
Republicans have drunk the Kool-Aid. They are dangerously intoxicated The shift from political party to cult is now complete. This vile brew steeped in decades of hate, laced with lies, is the house...
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Vintage Advice on Voting
Despite the fact that cartoonish, comic book-worthy candidates are running for public office in the midterms there is nothing comical about the consequences of this year’s elections. Voting is the...
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Election 2022 Countdown to Vote
Three days and counting. Be a decider. Don’t Let other people decide your future. Are you voting on November 8? Get Out and Vote!
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Bizarro World of Republicans
Tales of Bizarro World Past and Present Vintage Superman Comic 1967 and today’s Bizarro Creatures Marjorie Taylor Green, Donald Trump, Blake Masters, Herschel Walker, Ron De Santis, Ted Cruz, Lauren...
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Wake Up and Vote
You have a chance to wake up from our national nightmare today, Tuesday, November 8. And it’s not a pipe dream. Vote. Everyone. Vote like history will remember it, because it will. Vote like your life...
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Honor Our Past.Vote Today
Women’s Veterans Memorial Huntington, NY Townhall 2001 As I walked inside my Town Hall today to cast my vote, the sight of this cast bronze monument that stands outside the stately building surrounded...
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I Am a Jew and I am Proud
In this June 19, 1938 picture the word “jude” is smeared on the windows of a shop in Berlin run by Jews. (AP photo) I was just called a “kike.” And not just a plain old kike but a “subversive kike.” It...
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Ditching the Don
Oh How times have changed. NY Post once boosterish on Donald Trump now has all but deserted him. NY Post headline (L) Nov 16, 2022. (R) The Post endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020 Trump’s presidential...
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American Hate- Who’s Keeping Count?
I’ve lost count. Of all the mass shootings. Of murdered children, LGBTQ, African Americans, and Jews. I’ve lost count of all the violence. The vicious name-calling. Defacing of property. I’ve lost...
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How Thanksgiving Leftovers Created the TV Dinner
Thanksgiving and leftovers go together. For many, it’s their favorite part of Thanksgiving. Days of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce combined together in all sorts of configurations keep the...
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