Under the Gables

The Good Samaritan by Rembrant van Rijn, 1644 There seems to be a new view going around that neighbors--that is, those who live within clos...

School Time, Winslow Homer, 1874 I love this painting, which shows how much these girls love their teacher. I feel unfortunate not to have h...

Red Schoolhouse by Winslow Homer, 1873 Before the second half of the 19th century, most teachers in the one-room schoolhouses were men. But ...

Blackboard by Winslow Homer, 1877 This is the other picture my friend wanted me to write about it. I have never found anyone who didn't ...

The Dinner Horn by Winslow Homer, 1870. A very kind friend gave me a postcard portfolio of paintings by Winslow Homer with a request for dis...

Here I am reading about housework rather than doing it. (Actually, this is Sunlight and Shadow by Winslow Homer, 1872) In case you missed ...

This picture from Shorpy is captioned: "January 1940. 'Family living in a 'crackerbox' slum tenement in Beaver Falls, Penn...