Marianne Francis
Yellow dahlia with red-edged petals and a reddish-pink center

November 2025

"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."
—A.A. MILNE
 
Some of our best lessons came early in life.
 
Happy Thanksgiving!
 

Could You Spend Three Hours Looking at Just One Work of Art?

Gallery visitors look at artwork; a woman in a floral dress holds a brochure.
 
That’s an assignment a Harvard professor gives her students. Would you try it? If so, what artwork would you choose?
 
Learn more here.
 

Botany: A Prison Guard Creates a Place of Respite

Man standing among cacti beside a blue mural-painted building topped with coiled wire.
 
What started as a patch of concrete outside the unit has turned into a 4,000-square-foot garden, offering respite to dying patients and those caring for them.
 
Learn more here.
 

Design: Francesca DiMattio

Woman in white stands before botanical mosaic wallpaper beside a pink sculptural mannequin.
 
“If you walk into Francesca’s place in the city, she’s broken every convention."
 
Learn more here.

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