Word: aunt
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...silence ended, though, when an aunt died, and D.B. and her brother were the only relatives left to arrange her burial. "I remember thinking, Damn, now I have to see my brother." But the two reconciled somewhat and now talk occasionally on the phone. D.B., now 54, says if she ever needed money, she wouldn't hesitate to ask him for it. She has no money to offer him if the situation were reversed but says, "I would give him lots of time...
...things heal. Horton (whose sister declined to be interviewed) says she has done remarkable things for him--sending him money when he was a poor college student and then being the only one to show up at his Harvard graduation. And he wants his four children to know their aunt. "It places them in the world," he says. "They're not comets flying through space randomly; they're part of a solar system...
...editing from eight hours of film, manages to keep such lines as "when I get to a door, sometimes when I'm alone, I just stand there. I'm so used to boys opening doors for me." But the video isn't simply about dialogue. Buckingham follows her blind aunt, focusing the camera on a woman who cannot see she is being taped. Her project evokes irony and discomfort, employing a careful combination of images, sound and dialogue...
...boot prints of the old. Many of the cyber-knickknacks on our Tech 10 Best are binary clones of old friends. PayPal is the next Western Union; the Nikon Coolpix 900 is the spawn of the Brownie. Nike will customize your sneakers, just the way your "artistic" aunt did for your eighth birthday. And Napster: free access to worlds of music! It used to be called radio...
What makes a museum family friendly? First and foremost, it should have a terrific collection that's worth visiting, whether you're with your kids, your Great- Aunt Thelma or your mother's college roommate. Second, it should a make a special effort to welcome parents and children, with everything from activity guides and workshops to facilities set aside just for families. The following museums--only a small sample from dozens across the country--have made an effort to make art inviting and accessible to everyone. At their best, they strive to help you look at art--and perhaps even...