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    Domestic Arts
    Domestic Arts
    Domestic Arts
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    Domestic Arts

    By Debra Milligan

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    The weather turned warm toward the end of February in the region of the author. She set about to launder and iron some table toppers she’d created. Soon, she was inspired to write some poetry. One poem led to another, and, before she knew it, 16 poems had been composed. Her homemaking tasks were also completed, with a greater sense of artistic realization than she’d known during the carrying out of her domestic arts.

    Themes include nostalgia, friendship, heart-to-heart-love, love in the spring, female beauty, love for sale, the human brain, and remembering . . . as part of the arts of domesticity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebra Milligan
    Release dateApr 5, 2021
    ISBN9781005325619
    Domestic Arts
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    Debra Milligan

    Debra Milligan is a novelist, essayist, poet, and short story writer. She is fluent in French and has varied interests in the fine arts, architecture, history of all kinds, music, horses, hounds, the Golden Age of Hollywood, quilting, fashion, and gardening.

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