Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
Three of the largest objects in the Memphis Pink Palace Museum’s collection are Burton Callicott’s Hernando De Soto murals in the mansion lobby. Callicott painted these murals in 1934 as part of the New Deal’s Public Works of Art Project. In 1936, he competed for one…
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Carroll Cloar
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
Carroll Cloar was one of the most famous artists to call Memphis home. He was a Realist painter whose works occasionally took on a Surrealist slant. One of his most well-known paintings is My Father is as Big as a Tree, which is owned by the…
Toddler/Dog Love
My attitude towards my toddler’s relationship to my dog Zeb will likely make some parents and concerned citizens of the internet cringe. However, the beauty of parenting is that I am not required to pay attention to what anyone [other than my parental counterpart] thinks as long as I am not hurting anyone. Which, despite what youContinue reading “Toddler/Dog Love”
Memphis and the Vietnam War
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
American involvement in Southeast Asia began in 1954 when the United States government offered support to a corrupt but pro-American democratic government in South Vietnam and lasted until the fall of Saigon in 1975. While Congress never officially declared war, thousands of American soldiers died and…
Some Awareness
May is a time for flowers, mothers and, at least in Memphis, city-wide parties. It is also a time for mental health awareness. I struggled with whether or not to write this post, but I’m taking a deep breath and being brave. I do not consider myself “crazy,” but I do live with a mental illness. I am alsoContinue reading “Some Awareness”
Flappers Roaring in the Twenties
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
One of the enduring images of the 1920s is of young women with bobbed hair wearing loose-fitting dresses and dancing the Charleston. These “flappers” were breaking the restrictive Edwardian styles and norms that embodied the previous decade. Where fashion had once featured full coverage and constricting…
Perfection
There is an incomparable quality to spending a spring day outdoors with my child. He is coming out of a rough patch of teething, and there were several days when I thought my happy, curious kid was gone for good. Lately, though, his bicuspid that was bothering him broke through, and he is excited again.Continue reading “Perfection”
New Home for an Old Window
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
The Pink Palace’s newest acquisition is a stained glass window from T.H. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home, Memphis’s oldest continually operated African American business. Thomas H. Hayes, Sr. began his career as a grocer before he founded the funeral parlor in 1902. It was originally located…
Making peanut butter
My boy is teething. Hard core, in pain, teeth pushing through his gums. He is in a terrible mood, and very few things soothe him. My normal rock star eater suddenly doesn’t want anything. I made him spaghetti–normally his favorite–only to have it thrown on the floor. The only thing he will reliably eat whenContinue reading “Making peanut butter”
Greetings from Memphis!
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
When mail ruled the day, postcards were a popular way to communicate. Picture postcards first came on the American scene during the 1893 Columbian Exposition. They quickly grew in popularity, and the decade from 1905-1915 marked a golden age for postcards. People frequently mailed them to…
Caroline Mitchell Carrico 