Tag Archives: Flannery O'Connor

The Diary as Prayer

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Art for Housewives

It was June in Georgia and I was driving down a country road looking for some peaches. Grandma Gracie had given me her recipe for a pie and I was eager to try it out. The radio and I were … Continue reading →

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A Desk with a View

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Art for Housewives

Lucy Honeychurch, protagonist of E. M. Forester’s A Room with a View, arrives in Florence only to be disappointed by the view from her room at the Pensione Bertolini–an insignificant internal courtyard. The eccentric and generous Mr. Emerson offers to … Continue reading →