William Morris
Thistle Design
The short story The Thistles in Sweden, by William Maxwell, in New York Stories, is a lovely montage of interiors. Of course, the most important interior of the story is Margaret's place for her new baby. And all are aided by "the capacious hand of God."
The Thistles in Sweden
By: William Maxwell
p. 16
The living-room curtains are of heavy Swedish linen: life-sized thistles, printed in light blue and charcoal grey, on a white background. They are very beautiful (and so must the thistles in Sweden be) and they also have an emotional context; Margaret made them, and, when they did not hang properly, wept, and ripped them apart and remade them, and now they do hang properly.p. 239
...I think if it is true that we are all in the hands of God, what a capacious hand it must be."
Flowers in the Cloisters Bonnefont Herb Garden
[Photo By: KPA]
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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