Thursday, February 25, 2010

Bright Star: An Ode to a Seamstress

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Toots Brawne and her sister, Fanny, the fiance of the great English poet John Keats. Bright Star is a film no one who loves sewing could no...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

After This by Alice McDermott: Faith and Family

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A few years ago I read a review of a book by Alice McDermott, who was presented as a Catholic writer raised in Long Island. The book was abo...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Mary Cassatt: Studies in Mothers and Children 2

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Mother Combing Her Child's Hair, 1901 I love this painting by Mary Cassatt, because it shows the child's patience in being attended ...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Work Comes Back Home

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Betsy Ross's house, both a home and a place of business for Mrs. Ross from 1773 to 1785. States and municipalities are revisiting their ...

Fun at the Sewing Machine

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Thanks to a hiatus in work, I was able to spend last week doing some sewing with my sewing machine. I find that I can knit no matter how tir...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Smithsonian Celebrates Women Religious

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A sister of Charity at the New York Foundling Hospital, c. 1920. An unusual exhibit, Women and Spirit, is on view at the Smithsonian Institu...

Mary Cassatt: Studies in Mothers and Children 1

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Mother Berthe Holding Her Baby , 1900 Mary Cassatt is rightly associated with her many paintings of mothers and children together and also h...
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