Category Archives: People

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The Lace Collar

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Art for Housewives

This post was written for young women who haven’t studied history and for those, no longer young, who, in the words of George Santayana, refuse to remember the past and are thus condemned to repeat it. This post is dedicated … Continue reading →

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Martha and Katherine

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Art for Housewives

The non-stop drumming of the drizzling rain is giving me a headache and making it quite difficult to read Martha Gellhorn’s biography. So I am skimming the pages looking for somewhere to land. Biographies that offer only embellished chronological events … Continue reading →

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Effie or Effigy?

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Art for Housewives

Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wealthy Rothschild wife, Blanche, were both amateur artists who’d aspired for more. What they didn’t have in terms of talent, they made up for in terms of money. So in 1877 they opened The Grosvenor … Continue reading →

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The Crown

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Art for Housewives

After watching the series “The Crown”, on my list of things to be grateful for I added that of not being born into royalty. Three thoughts regarding THE CROWN: As a child, Elizabeth’s education had been focused on constitutional history. … Continue reading →

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Katherine Anne Porter

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Art for Housewives

Katherine Anne Porter was born in Texas in 1890. Her mother died when she was just a child and her father, overwhelmed, dumped his daughter on relatives. So it’s not surprising that Katherine did her best to run away from … Continue reading →

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