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Love Turns Stone to Flesh

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Art for Housewives

“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”  Voltaire Have you ever read Emily Dickinson’s poem #807? The one that starts off with “Expectation—is Contentment…” Well, I’m not sure what that means. However, in 1968, psychologists Rosenthal … Continue reading →

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Artist Needed

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Inanimate objects of no great beauty become art in a still-life painting. So why not turn myself into a painting! But, I say to myself while lying on my kitchen table posing as if I were a basket of fruit, … Continue reading →

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Kindness and Cultural Editing

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Myths are for grown up, fairy tales are for children. But sometimes nostalgic grown- ups long for their childhood and often find solace in fairy tales. Scottish folklorist, Andrew Lang (1844-1912), set about collecting fairy tales from all over the … Continue reading →

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Kindness as Medicine.

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Art for Housewives

The vagus nerve, part of the parasympathetic nervous system, is like a super highway that transports information from one organ to another. If the vagal tone is low, it will not function properly. Stress is the main cause of a … Continue reading →

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Confession of an Abductee

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Art for Housewives

I went to the woods to pick some flowers. While standing next to a tall cypress with a bouquet of daises in my hand, a big beam zapped me up into the sky. I felt my molecules swirl around as … Continue reading →

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