Materfamilias Writes

Wednesday’s Weather and Words. . . with Photos. . .

Wednesday’s Weather and Words. . . with Photos. . .

4:51 AM PDT Wednesday 29 March 2017 Rainfall warning in effect for: Metro Vancouver A long episode of rain, at times heavy, continues. Further rainfall amounts of 15 to 25 mm are expected this morning…

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Getting (Productively) Messy with Maggie Nelson. . .

Getting (Productively) Messy with Maggie Nelson. . .

Despite all the other tasks calling to me from/for this blog, most of them pleasurably if time-consuming, I’m going to take a few minutes to transcribe a paragraph from Maggie Nelson’s memoir The Argonauts. Nelson’s…

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Poetry Experiment Continued — With Apologies for Lab Failure by Management,

Poetry Experiment Continued — With Apologies for Lab Failure by Management,

Just a quick NewsFlash! to say I’m still here, and now, so are your comments (back on this post) to which I hope to respond very soon. A bit of technical background first. I have…

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Sunday Sorting, with Showers. . .

Sunday Sorting, with Showers. . .

 If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already seen the photo above, so please pardon the repetition — I’ve added a couple here, though, that I won’t be posting there. The clever street murals recently…

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Word-Less Wednesday, What I Wore

Word-Less Wednesday, What I Wore

 I’m hoarding many of my words to myself at the moment, writing them in the three handwritten “morning pages” Julia Cameron recommends in her book The Artist’s Way. I’m not managing to do these daily,…

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Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.