Tag Archives: aging

On Making Beautiful Choices

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Today is my blog’s 20th birthday. I started it after reading the Scientific Warning of 1992. It begins like this: Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Books, Daily Aesthetics, Ecofeminism, growing old, Paros | Tagged aesthetics, aging, ART FOR HOUSEWIVES, Beauty, Epictetus, gratitude, hope, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Scientific Warning of 1992, Stoics, the Whole | 4 Comments

Harold Takes a Walk

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Art for Housewives

Getting old, said Bette Davis, is not for sissies. Aging is a transcendental experience in that it forces one to go beyond themselves. And going beyond the self can be fatiguing. In recent years, there’s been an increase in coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conditions of Possibility | Tagged aging, loneliness, Rachel Joyce, THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY | Leave a comment

Olives Are Not Just for Martinis

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Art for Housewives

My mom has always said that, when you become old, you become invisible as you’re no longer taken into consideration. So when I read Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again where the book’s protagonist says the same thing, I immediately thought of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Lifestyle, storytelling | Tagged aging, death, dementia, democracy, Elizabeth Strout, Olive Again | 2 Comments

Facials

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Art for Housewives

During the Age of Reconfiguration, looking in the mirror can sometimes be a traumatic experience. Some women just shrug their shoulders at the signs of aging whereas others put their face in the hands of a plastic surgeon. But many … Continue reading →