Materfamilias Writes

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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Mysteries and History and France and French. . .

Mysteries and History and France and French. . .

The light reading continues. . . I very much enjoyed both of Susie Steiner’s Manon Bradshaw’s mysteries, recommended by Sue at High Heels in the Wilderness. Don’t you love her bookposts?! (and if you don’t…

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A Paris Memoir and The Teachings of Plants — Gleanings from the Library

A Paris Memoir and The Teachings of Plants — Gleanings from the Library

I ended myhalf-year reading round-up with Liam Callanan’s Paris by the Book; between that title and thetitles I mentioned in my last post, I’ve failed to record some fifteen or so books.  Too bad, because…

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