Category Archives: Beauty

A God for Everyone

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Soot was the problem. It covered the Sistine Chapel’s affrescoes making the colors gloomy and obscuring the details. So in the early 1990s, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel were subjected to various restorations. After hearing that the colors were … Continue reading →

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The Twisted Tignon

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Between the 1620s and the 1840s, more than one million Africans were trafficked from Africa to the Caribbean to be used as slaves in American colonies. The Portuguese, the Brits, and the French were the largest slave traders. Africans were … Continue reading →

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The White Doll

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Ladies, what the hell is going on in the U.S.A.? Although I’ve lived most of my life in Italy, I was born and raised in the U.S. where I was taught how lucky one was to be an American because … Continue reading →

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Beauty is Medicine

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Patrick Bringley worked at the NEW YORKER magazine. It was a flashy job that stopped shining when his brother became seriously ill and subsequently died. Grief rearranges one’s priorities. Patrick no longer felt the need for a glamorous job.  He … Continue reading →

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Morning Glory Momma

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Here’s my mom washing her 1959 Chevy. It must have been around 1968 and sometimes people would tease my mom because her car was so old and stylistically dated. And when they did, she would simply say “It’s what I … Continue reading →

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