Object Lessons

A DEDICATED MINIMALIST DISCOVERS THE FINE ART OF COLLECTING

BY VIVIAN HOWARD

A few days after her death in 2022, I attended the visitation of Clara Muriel Barwick, the cherub-faced woman who taught me to make both applejack hand pies and ambrosia on episodes of A Chef ’s Life. I am fortunate not to have had to spend a lot of time at memorials or funerals, but my parents go to some version at least once a week, so I am familiar with the typical, mostly morose run of show. That’s how I know that Ms. Barwick’s celebration of life was different. She wore a Wolfpack-red suit on her five-foot frame, which was tucked into a shiny casket, also cherry red. At her side lay a few Danielle Steel novels, just in case, and all around her, hundreds of salt and pepper…

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Garden & Gun (Digital) - 1 Issue, October/November 2023

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