Materfamilias Writes

Apple Pie and Patience and Metamorphosis — Really! All in one Post!

Apple Pie and Patience and Metamorphosis — Really! All in one Post!

Success! Or closer to, at least. And I thought you’d all like to be reassured that yes, she can bake an apple pie in a Bordeaux kitchen far from home.  Using a completely different recipe…

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More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

 As it turns out, when I go through my photo files, I don’t have as many photos of street art as I thought. But I do have a few more here to share, mostly from…

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Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

 We had a wonderful weekend — a tour of the Portes Ouvertes of some of the wine chateaux of the Fronsac appellation on Saturday. I was brave enough to contribute my very obviously fait-main, rustic tarte…

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Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Renting an apartment in Bordeaux for two full months is an extravagance, but for years, I have wanted to nestle into a home in France long enough to get a sense of living here, to…

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Ticket for One, Please, a Bordeaux Concert and my Illustrated Journal

Ticket for One, Please, a Bordeaux Concert and my Illustrated Journal

Having spent the day getting myself from Bordeaux to Paris, arriving here in time to enjoy a walk from Montparnasse hotel 6 kilometres across Paris on a sunny Sunday afternoon, working my Rimowa through the…

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