Author Archives: Art for Housewives
Healthy thoughts for a healthy mind
The backyard BBQ had been cancelled because of the rain so I stayed in that evening to watch TV. Eleanor Roosevelt was being interviewed by two males who routinely interrupted her answering one question by asking her another one. But … Continue reading
Dancing
It was 1926 and in Paris the autumn leaves were falling. For our weekend rendezvous, Hugh and I went to the Folies Bergère to see Josephine Baker dancing in her banana skirt. While she was naughtily dancing with her shadow, … Continue reading
Walking
Before that summer, I often had romantic visions of myself as a flaneuse, elegantly dressed walking the streets of Paris as if I were the female version of Baudelaire. Smoothly sashaying in my Coco Chanel as I twirled my long … Continue reading
Let’s Get Physical (part 2)
My home starts with my body. Our first home is our mother’s womb. Then we enter the external world and our residence changes. But wherever we are, home always starts with our body. As we age, our rapport with our … Continue reading
Let’s Get Physical (part 1)
Marily and I were sitting on her balcony listening to the cicadas because, she said, it was a form of Zen. I was trying to translate the cicadas’ sound into onomatopoeia when I saw this striking woman walk by. She … Continue reading



