Materfamilias Writes

Paris Packing Prep — What I’m Wearing, These Days. . .

Paris Packing Prep — What I’m Wearing, These Days. . .

 First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers — although as far I can gather from Social Media, few of you have time to be reading blogs during the mad prep of your day.…

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Simple as Pie! A Recipe and Recollections. . .

Simple as Pie! A Recipe and Recollections. . .

A few weeks ago, Almost Eleven texted to ask if we could pick her up from school the next day. I texted back “Of course. Want to stay for dinner?” And she flashed back “Yes,…

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Murals Here, Murals There. . .

Murals Here, Murals There. . .

After Friday’s post with those images of the mural I photographed last June in Bordeaux, I did a bit more research and found this video of “The Making Of”— which shows both the in-studio work…

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Reading Fireside? A Dozen Titles for You. . .

Reading Fireside? A Dozen Titles for You. . .

 Only 70 more pages to go in Alice Zeniter’s L’Art de Perdre which I borrowed from the library. A wonderful novel following three generations of a family from pre-Independence Algeria to present-day France. I’ll share more…

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The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt. . . Or What I’m Wearing These Days. . .

The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt. . . Or What I’m Wearing These Days. . .

While I’m unlikely to learn the value of a good thick skirt for travel by falling into a jaguar pit — as did 19th-century traveller Mary Kingsley, whose skirt saved her from impalement on the…

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