Category Archives: My Imaginary Diary

Aimless

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Ideals give you a direction. Without them, you just float letting the current decide where you go. -30-

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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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Aloft

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Art for Housewives

An alligator’s brain wouldn’t even fill a tablespoon. But the little that’s there is very cunning. To trick birds looking for materials to build their nest, alligators will balance sticks on their heads. And as the birds lower themselves to … Continue reading →

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