tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post4029335064961011091..comments2024-03-14T12:30:47.593-04:00Comments on Under the Gables: January Organizing and HousecleaningLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-33499351305845812962008-02-20T03:58:00.000-05:002008-02-20T03:58:00.000-05:00ps insane amount of typoes on last comment, sorry ...ps insane amount of typoes on last comment, sorry about that, im typing at an awkward angle right now.<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to add about the Renassaince, yes i agree, it was a HUGE setback for women then. And spiritually it was a setback as well for them, losing a very beautuful contemplative and devotional tradition in so many ways . Something about the Middle Ages was very precious and the Renassaince really stole some of that, and i think we are the worse for it. No period is perfect of course, but i think the Middle Ages is just amazing : )wendybirdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01937771656490357049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-20818327826467741252008-02-20T03:50:00.000-05:002008-02-20T03:50:00.000-05:00Hi Linda, I'm late seeing things here just since i...Hi Linda, <BR/><BR/>I'm late seeing things here just since ive been online less. I LOVE your new research here with the Durch and Middle Ages, its juts beautuful! And looking forward to the Medieval scans too (thanks for being so open about that). I'm updating links a bit finally (meant to earlier) and i'm addding yours now, its under the little library window, under heartfelt journals. You have such an eye for the heart of home, i just love coming here!<BR/><BR/>With the Dutch post, i was struck by the healing impact of the seperation of home life and buisinss life, and a feminine and masculine "sphere" more seen. So ofetn ive heared that critisized as causing problems for folks, but i truth that seperation was so healing wasnt it?<BR/><BR/>Well, Peaceful Week to You : ) Wendywendybirdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01937771656490357049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-14138066235388696102008-02-01T10:05:00.000-05:002008-02-01T10:05:00.000-05:00This is such a wonderful article! From the very be...This is such a wonderful article! <BR/>From the very beginning have I admired Martha Stewart for elevating the humble art of housekeeping to new hights. She reminds me of my grandmother and mother, who knew how to run a home. <BR/>Like you, January somehow has become the one month of the year when I feel I have to get to the bottom of things (of a lot of things, I might add *g*). For me it's the moment I stow away the Christmas decorations that I feel the need to get rid of winter's dust and neglected piles. In the Washington area, when January came around, primroses started to show up in the garden shops, and I always bought half a dozen to fill a basket that I left at our front steps during the day, to set a sign.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-67026966316149873732008-01-28T10:22:00.000-05:002008-01-28T10:22:00.000-05:00Hi Wendy,I will try to get a decent xerox of these...Hi Wendy,<BR/>I will try to get a decent xerox of these pictures so I can scan them. Also, thanks to your prompting I went searching among the Dutch genre painters of the <BR/>17th century and have found some paintings of ladies cleaning (not many) that I will be posting soon.<BR/>Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it.<BR/>LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-90122591611406516922008-01-28T07:37:00.000-05:002008-01-28T07:37:00.000-05:00Hi, I would but they are in a small book and they ...Hi, I would but they are in a small book and they will scan properly. One picture shows a woman sweeping and from her demeanor and setting she does not look like a maid. The other shows two ladies making up a bed, but they are both wearing very similar clothes and wearing turban-like headpiece, and I think they are maids. I have looked for them on the web but have not found them. It is interesting though that reportedly the Renaissance was a setback for women, as it meant a reversion to Roman law, under which women had no rights. Under medieval law, women had the right to own property, etc., and had legal standing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-26486001204820564792008-01-28T03:30:00.000-05:002008-01-28T03:30:00.000-05:00Thank you Linda : ) Forgot to ask before... was wo...Thank you Linda : ) <BR/><BR/>Forgot to ask before... was wondering if you might be willing to share the two illustrations of women cleaning in a book called The Medieval Woman: Illuminated Book of Days that were mentioned here? That's my favorite period, and i'd really llve to see them if you were willing...<BR/><BR/>Peaceful Week : ) Wendywendybirdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01937771656490357049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-15666516821731884192008-01-21T08:49:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:49:00.000-05:00Hi Wendy,Thank you so much for all your kind comme...Hi Wendy,<BR/>Thank you so much for all your kind comments. Please use whatever you want. I haven't read Dolphin Street, but another book by Elizabeth Goudge recently, and I posted something about it re civilization, which meshed with an idea I had been groping to express but couldn't really formulate. I will check out Dolphin Street. Thanks again. Have a good week.<BR/>LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-41352221805860417592008-01-21T01:51:00.000-05:002008-01-21T01:51:00.000-05:00Hi Linda,I love "lurking" here but dont think ive ...Hi Linda,<BR/><BR/>I love "lurking" here but dont think ive ever commented here before. Such a lovely blog!<BR/><BR/>I think these images of Martha pick up on something archetypal about "Marthaness". Martha wasnt just domestic she was high energy and kind of the "general of the home" type there (like the later Isabella Beeton)...very conducive to dragon slaying lol. <BR/><BR/>But seriously, her sister Mary was domestic too, just in a more contemplative way. So maybe Martha isnt shown with domestic symbols so much becuase it wasnt her domesticness that set her apart but the particular spirit she carried to it/life, like is seen in her image here. Anyway, just thoughts. Have you ever read Elizabeth Goudge's Green Dolphin Street? The character Marianne there was a classic Martha type, and i could see her too on an image such as is here...its part of the "archetype" i think. <BR/><BR/>The sweeping part of this post really grabs me. I had a dream long ago about a "sweeper" who to me was such a model of domestic peace. The conection we make of domestic sweeping to the witches broom, such a good point. Funny how its the most precious symbols that are the ones the enemy goes after so we downplay them them. And the most precious activities too. Maybe house cleaning has been so attacked becuase it is an especially direct and precious sacred thing...<BR/><BR/>Peaceful Week : ) Wendywendybirdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01937771656490357049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-30847121285918009562008-01-19T10:22:00.000-05:002008-01-19T10:22:00.000-05:00Yes, I just cleaned my house, too. Great article, ...Yes, I just cleaned my house, too. Great article, Linda!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.com