Maira Kalman on Jefferson and Monticello

Long story short: the nonpareil author/artist was invited there for dinner and, like a student after a field trip, wrote — and painted — about it as only she can.

 

A magnificent illustrated (examples above and below) report of her visit entitled "Time Wastes Too Fast" appeared in yesterday's New York Times "And the Pursuit of Happiness" blog,

 

a fact I'd never have known but for reader Nanci McCrackin's heads-up to me this morning.

 

Sometimes everything you need to know isn't in the daily newspaper.