Saturday, August 30, 2008

Irish Chain Quilt for a Wee One

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Just in the nick of time, this week I finished this hand-sewn single Irish chain quilt for a beautiful little girl who arrived yesterday. He...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Women Farmer Writers

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I know of three famous women writers who were also independent farmers: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), a...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Amish Communities Now in 28 States

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A funeral procession for two Amish sisters who were murdered in their school in September 2006 by a gunman who killed three other girls in t...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Assumptions of Linda's Hirshman's Get to Work and Also Some Questions

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Carl Larsson's painting of himself and his family. What is the family for, after all? Thanks so much for the comments to Get to Work . A...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Get to Work????#$%*&

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The old woman in a shoe...not a candidate for breaking the glass ceiling. This post is a continuation of a conversation that begins with Sta...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Two Worlds

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Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt, 1889 See Little Jenny Wren for a beautiful discussion of her experience with the two work worlds that man...
Thursday, August 7, 2008

Blessings of the Present

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Rachel Weeping, by Charles Willson Peale Above is a painting by Charles Willson Peale of his wife Rebecca weeping over her dead little one. ...