Tag Archives: Virginia Woolf

Cats in a Garden

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Art for Housewives

World War I had much to do with creating new directions in art and literature. Virginia Woolf wrote that everything seemed to be going so well “then suddenly, like a chasm in a smooth road, the war came.” Initially idealistic … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Books, Volver the cat | Tagged banned books, cats, George Gurdjieff, Katherine Mansfield, Lee Harper, Modernist Movement, painting, To Kill a Mockingbird, Virginia Woolf, Volver the cat, women’s art, World War I | Leave a comment

Villa Ada or Virginia Woolf?

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Art for Housewives

entrance to Villa Ada on the Salaria Now, where the ancient city of Antemnae once stood, is the lush and large Roman park known as Villa Ada. In 1872, Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoia bought the land and, for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Reconfiguration, Rome/Italy | Tagged Dodie Smith, Villa Ada, Virginia Woolf, walking | 3 Comments

Pillow Books and Lingering Lists

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Art for Housewives

My mother had a knack for collecting unusual acquaintances. One such acquaintances was an English Lord who’d fallen madly in love with her while in Texas buying mustangs for his stables. Bertie, as she called him, insisted that we visit … Continue reading →