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A New Marty Magic Studio in Texas
Marty Magic is going through transition. Alisha’s family has already moved to Magnolia, Texas and Alisha will soon join them. After returning from buying a house in Texas, Alisha quarantined and is temporarily living with Art and me. We have … Continue reading
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Maryland Renaissance Faire Nostalgia – 2020
It’s Labor Day Weekend, 2020 as I write this. We should be frolicking at the Maryland Renaissance Festival but alas, the festivities are cancelled. We miss seeing all our friends and collectors and our fabulous team. Enjoy this gallery of photos from … Continue reading
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Fossil Follies and Trilobites
Trilobites are an extinct marine arthropod and a distant relative to horseshoe crabs, spiders and lobsters. Over 20,000 trilobite species existed over 300 million years ago and are found on every continent on earth. The thousands of trilobite species are geographically … Continue reading
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Snake Inspiration at Marty Magic
Here at Marty Magic, we have great appreciation, fascination and respect for snakes. As the only child of a field geologist it was only natural that desert reptiles were my playmates. My father would often return from a day mapping … Continue reading
The Crowell – Eakins Farm in Avondale Pennsylvania
A few days ago, I received a call from Ken Mammarella, a freelance writer on assignment for Landenberg Life Magazine. He is writing an article about the preservation of Sunset Farms, property originally purchased in 1878 by my great grandfather, William … Continue reading
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Captive Design Time
Alisha and I are each designing in our separate home studios. It’s hard to tell if we have more or less creative time during the sheltering at home orders. Alisha wears the extra responsibility of home schooling both her kids … Continue reading
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Sheltering in our Home Studios
Marty Magic is fortunate to have an in home studio and in spite of the challenging times, both Alisha and I are happy and healthy and staying productive. It’s been nearly three weeks since Alisha has come to work at … Continue reading
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2020 – Always Amazed at the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Shows!
I look forward to the Tucson show each year. The various venues take over much of Tucson and this year, Alisha, John and I go together. Three sets of trained eyes are an asset when ticking off the gemstones and … Continue reading
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What is an Ammonite?
Each February Alisha and I fly to Tucson to attend the Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show. The show covers much of Tucson and two sets of eyes are an asset. We have our synced shopping lists and we start each … Continue reading
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Zacatitos Baja Paintings by Art Bobroskie
Zacatitos Baja, where the desert meets the Sea of Cortez is the inspiration for Art Bobroskie’s paintings. In 2018, Art resumed painting in his off grid Zacatitos Baja studio. With time and inspiration from every vista and without the distractions … Continue reading
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