Materfamilias Writes

January Reading — New Formats for Recording and Reporting

January Reading — New Formats for Recording and Reporting

Okay, so far I’m liking the greater immediacy and ease of posting the books I’m reading on Instagram. I don’t feel as compelled (or constrained!) to wait until I’ve got a few decently structured paragraphs…

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2018 Reading List

2018 Reading List

Ta-Da! Only the 2nd of the year, and I’ve published my 2018 Reading List! Not only is that a record for promptness, but I think this is my longest list yet — and includes the…

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Some Titles In Search of a Post? A Miscellaneous Collection . . .

Some Titles In Search of a Post? A Miscellaneous Collection . . .

Have any of you read Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road or seen the movie based on this wonderful 20-year correspondence between a New York writer and the London used-book store whose address gives the book…

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Monday Memories — Train Rides Past, Train Rides to Come. . .

Monday Memories — Train Rides Past, Train Rides to Come. . .

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions about my upcoming trip to Edinburgh. After I leave that city, I have a day of train travel to my next destination and then, a few days later, another…

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Post-Weekend Stock-Taking, List-Making . . . and A Poem for you. . .

Post-Weekend Stock-Taking, List-Making . . . and A Poem for you. . .

 I’ll tell you about this journal page soon, but first, WOW! What a busy weekend! A very good weekend, but a busy one, and today’s going to be a Recovery Monday.  Most of the Monday…

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