She leans her head against the cabinet as she slurps up the last soggy bites.
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She leans her head against the cabinet as she slurps up the last soggy bites.
“Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
Interviews and observations within the informant’s home confirmed many of Sarah Pink’s findings in regards to gender and the home space. My informant, like Pink’s non-housewife informants, had only a cursory knowledge of housework, often having to do an Internet search for basic inquiries.
“For these women, their independence, having the right or natural balance in their lives, and the pursuit of their own priorities were thus bound up in the production of home and gender in specific ways.”
-Sarah Pink, Home Truths
She realized that she liked having this other person at the counter chopping carrots, this revelation was terrifying for some reason.
Contents of the Refrigerator Prior to Mom’s Visit
The kitchen is not its own room, rather a continuation of the living space divided by a small counter bar. The countertops are a dark grey and the cabinets are painted a bright white. The sink and dishwasher are under the bar and the stove and refrigerator run along the same wall as the fireplace.
“I had a blissfully domestic summer, I moved into a new apartment and unpacked all of my belongings for the first time in years, bought new curtains, and taught myself how to knit”
-“What You Did Over the Summer Update” at Department Welcome Back Breakfast