Materfamilias Writes

Just Showing Up . . . With Words and Sketches (and even OOTD photos ;-)

Just Showing Up . . . With Words and Sketches (and even OOTD photos ;-)

 You might be surprised to know that even after 13 years of blogging, I can be paralysed here at the keyboard. It’s not “writer’s block” in the sense of having nothing to say. Rather, while…

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A Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .

A Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .

Odds and Ends this morning, and then I’m off to meet my sister for a walk in the rain — walking together outdoors is the only socializing we’re currently permitted here, outside of our immediate…

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An Advent of Adjustment — Christmas Preparations in the Time of Covid. . .

An Advent of Adjustment — Christmas Preparations in the Time of Covid. . .

This is another of those Posts Interrupted (like this one, posted several weeks ago).  I’m not sure why this pattern seems to be trending here lately, procrastination and interruption and determination to complete jostling for…

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Creative Frugality, Continued: Granddaughter’s Ripped Jeans, Meet Sashiko Stitching. . .

Creative Frugality, Continued: Granddaughter’s Ripped Jeans, Meet Sashiko Stitching. . .

Some of you may remember that I took a class in Sashiko Stitchinga few years ago and then a few months later played around with mending some sweaters using this technique.  Since then, I’ve become…

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Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

I was halfway through a post about the lead-up — the Advent — to this Christmas, this holiday season in which Covid-19 has toppled all our expectations. . .  I’d included some laments but moved…

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