Materfamilias Writes

Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

If you’ve been reading here for any time at all, you probably know that I run regularly, but in the light of my recent post contemplating whether I could benefit from doing 20% less, I…

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Short and Sweet, Rediscovered — and What I Wore

Short and Sweet, Rediscovered — and What I Wore

Sometimes I’m curious to see what the “links within” widget I’ve installed thinks “You Might Also Like” (see the bottom of each post), and I occasionally click on those links myself to say what I…

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A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

An article on the Sassi di Matera (the stone homes/cave dwellings in Puglia, Italy) in this weekend’s Globe and Mail Travel section reminded me that I’d just learned about these remarkable buildings and the culture…

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In the Garden with my Camera. . .

In the Garden with my Camera. . .

I have loved being part of a rich conversation abouthow much energy to expend — and how best to expend it — in retirement, but also, perhaps, in life overall. Thank you for all the…

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That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

While I’m trying to decide how much of my daughter’s advice (20% less effort!) I should apply to blogging and the other activities in my life, I’ll just post this Portrait of a Lady (speculated…

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