Sunday, February 27, 2011

Housekeeping in the Great Forest: The Trees 2

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Detail of an early 19th century quilt from Pennsylvania Here are quotes from The Trees by Conrad Richter that describe various domestic act...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Trees by Conrad Richter

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About a month ago, Alicia at Posie Gets Cozy asked her readers for suggestions on novels and other reads on the American frontier and pione...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Who's Minding the Kitchen While Mom Is Out Working?

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Holy Family at Supper, from the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves. In the United States, most mothers work: In 2007, the labor force part...
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Lost Book: Booth Tarkington's Gentle Julia

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Summer Girl by Robert Lewis Reid, 1896 (Julia spent a lot of time on the front porch.) I intermittently read lost American books, which plea...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Having a Problem with the "Tiger Mother" Debate

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Yale University professor Amy Chua stirred up a lot of controversy in the last month with her January 8 article in the Wall Street Journal ...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Fine Arts Friday: In Praise of Winter

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January Morning, John Fabian Carlson February, Tres Riches Heures of the Duc de Berry, 1410 Detail, Winter Landscape with Skaters, Pieter Br...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Fine Arts Friday: Painters Painting Their Children

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My Little Daughter Dorothy by William Merritt Chase, 1894. William Merritt Chase has once again inspired me, thanks to this painting in whic...
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