Materfamilias Writes

Family Life in a Smaller Space — Ça Marche. . .

Family Life in a Smaller Space — Ça Marche. . .

 Surprising how much fun you can have at Nana and Granddad’s new digs with a few empty packing boxes.  Seven-year old G’daughter constructed fifteen or twenty feet of tunnel with them on the weekend —…

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Our Readalong Continues — “Childhood” Complicated in Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend

Our Readalong Continues — “Childhood” Complicated in Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend

With all the demands of moving, I must admit that I wished I hadn’t committed to a Monday post on those first ten (short, admittedly) chapters of the “Childhood” section of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant…

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good Monday, Good Morning

good Monday, Good Morning

You may not be surprised to learn that moving is interfering with my blogging. We are beginning to settle in here: I’ve had three decent sleeps in the last six; the fridge and pantry have…

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My Brilliant Friend Readalong, The Prologue: Importance of the Frame. . .

My Brilliant Friend Readalong, The Prologue: Importance of the Frame. . .

I’ve chosen four-and-a-bit pages to begin our Readalong with, reserving this post for a discussion of the Prologue. This small “assignment” isn’t suggested simply to give you time to catch up after the long weekend,…

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Settling In: A WIW photo and a peek at the new Garden

Settling In: A WIW photo and a peek at the new Garden

Bit of a whirlwind ’round here, as you might imagine, what with all the moving boxes and the trying to understand this new space, the new lifestyle we’ve embarked on, how we will want and…

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