The Mystical Crystal House Of Love

02/03/2026

I'm still here

02/03/2026

Ira Johnson talking to his daughter, Maureen Johnson Smith Long.

02/03/2026

01/31/2026

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12/26/2025

"Christmas — that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance — a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved." ~ Augusta E. Rundell 🎄❄️✨❤️

Artwork by Volha Kaliaha 🎨🖌

12/25/2025

This is a Christmas card sent to my father and uncle from my great-great-grandmother Jane Van Rensselaer (b. 1848).

On the back she wrote:

“Schuyler and Livingston Crowell, whatever you wish for yourselves, I wish for you now and always. Very Merry Christmas, Grandmother Jane."

The card isn't dated but it was probably from the late 1920s.

Jane died on October 26, 1935 at age 87.

And on that personal note, I wish you all “whatever you wish for” and a Very Merry Christmas.

See you in ‘26.

12/25/2025

12/15/2025

National geographic award winning photograph 🥉

10/09/2025

10/09/2025