Under the Gables

Standing on a hill overlooking the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art with banner showing Rembrandt's Supper at Emmaus, part of the e...

(All paintings by Childe Hassam, 1859-1935) The small town was long considered to be the backbone of America, but now small towns struggle t...

A 1950s modern home interior. Earlier this month I read the book Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (1926-1992) and then watched the 2008 ...

Afternoon in the Park by William Merritt Chase, 1879 (Click on the painting to see a larger version.) American impressionist William Merritt...

Inside of a Nebraska sod house I am always moved when I read about the efforts of women to make their frontier homes comfortable and beautif...

Sculpture signifying grammar on the wall of the Chartres Cathedral. The quote on the right-hand sidebar of Under the Gables reads: "Eve...

Flower Basket Petit Point Quilt by Grace Snyder, 1940 Grace McCance Snyder , the Nebraskan pioneer, started piecing quilts when she was only...