Materfamilias Writes

One Monday Closer to Moving Day and I’m…

One Monday Closer to Moving Day and I’m…

Doing: riding the ferry back to the island. Reading: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Dancing in the Dark Planning: To winnow more goods into our garage sale/giveaway pile. Chaff/wheat!. Then to wrap the rest of the wheat very…

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What I Wore (when NOT packing moving boxes!)

What I Wore (when NOT packing moving boxes!)

Pater is home for a couple of days, so we’re a whirlwind of coordinated activity, but I’m stealing a few minutes to share a few What I Wore photos from the past couple of weeks…

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Moving Possibilities — Some Thoughts on Transition . . .

Moving Possibilities — Some Thoughts on Transition . . .

“Dismantling” is the word I seem to keep using this week. Emptying drawers, sorting their contents into boxes that will be stored, bins that will be carted to the local thrift store as donations, or…

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Rallying . . . Mood Management. . .

Rallying . . . Mood Management. . .

Today’s a tough one. Or, at least, the last few weeks have had some tough stuff, and I’ve been hanging on pretty well until yesterday’s dental crown prep, completely a surprise until Thursday afternoon. I’m…

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Where’s that Light? of Long Lists and Dark Tunnels and Encouraging Rewards and Pacing

Where’s that Light? of Long Lists and Dark Tunnels and Encouraging Rewards and Pacing

Throwback Thursdays are a thing, I’m sure you know, and today I’m taking advantage of the meme for a quick post that not only takes me back to my January-February trip to Rome (the city…

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