Tag Archives: Katherine Anne Porter

Jane’s Rope

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Art for Housewives

Every day is a short story. You just need to get it down on paper. Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was born in Indian Creek, Texas. Her mother died when she was two. Her father felt he had better things to … 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 →

Posted in Art Narratives, Drawings & Paintings, People | Tagged Diego Rivera, Katherine Anne Porter, Martha Gellhorn, Mexico, murals | 1 Comment

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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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Art for Housewives

Even though the fan was going full blast, I was suffocating. It was a night in June of 1963 and I was in Jackson visiting my friend Eudora. There’d been much tension in town due to the demonstrations. Nerves were … Continue reading →