tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696514072851165531.post8702158248591770756..comments2022-11-12T06:14:52.013-05:00Comments on Woman of the House: From My Commonplace BookWoman of the Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281605927650100295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696514072851165531.post-12572927306769966352013-02-17T13:47:48.011-05:002013-02-17T13:47:48.011-05:00I'll do my best. :) Gladys Taber wrote a seri...I'll do my best. :) Gladys Taber wrote a series of books in the 1960's and '70's about the Connecticutt farmhouse she and her husband bought and renovated. (I'm going mostly from memory.) They wanted a place in the country to spend weekends and holidays with their children. They called the place Stillmeadow. I think they lived in NYC the rest of the time. She wrote books about their life there and I think they all have "Stillmeadow" in the title. The quote comes from _Stillmeadow Album_, which is the only one I have read or seen. It's a quiet, gentle book about pets, gardening, and other homey things. The black and white pictures are just what you'd expect from a book published then~ dark and full of indistinct objects, but it is an enjoyable book if you like books about home.<br /><br />I can't tell you much about the third quote. I had to look up Zilpah Grant because I'd never heard of her. She was a New England educator and promoter of education for girls and women in the 1820's to '50's. I haven't read her biography (I don't even know the name of it!) and I don't recall where I ran across this quote, but I hope there is something of her wise and elegant thrift in the way my family lives. :)Woman of the Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281605927650100295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696514072851165531.post-74267757471245157392013-02-14T03:18:48.858-05:002013-02-14T03:18:48.858-05:00I always enjoy and benefit from your commonplace b...I always enjoy and benefit from your commonplace book posts, Martha. I'm curious about the second and third quotes: do they come from books? I'd love to know more context, if you know it.Quotidian Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.com