Materfamilias Writes

Mystery, Travel, Romance, Engaging Literary Fiction, and a KidLit title — A Mixed Bag for you

Mystery, Travel, Romance, Engaging Literary Fiction, and a KidLit title — A Mixed Bag for you

 Back again, to share a few more messy pages from my year’s Reading Journal — I see now that for next year’s journal (this one was the first handwritten record after years of tracking my…

View Post

A View From the Beach. . . .Local Travel

A View From the Beach. . . .Local Travel

 Rain has settled in here, unpacked its bags, looked around, decided it might stay a while. At least a week. . . . So I’m going to reminisce about sunshine, crisp fall sunshine, temperatures that…

View Post

Thanksgiving and a Tiny Forest. . . .

Thanksgiving and a Tiny Forest. . . .

It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada — Thanksgiving Day is officially on Monday, but our family, like many others, generally gathers for the turkey on Sunday, so that we have all day Monday to unwind…

View Post

Monday, Looking Forward, Looking Back . . . with sketches. . .

Monday, Looking Forward, Looking Back . . . with sketches. . .

One of you clever readers (I’ve just looked back to check: it was Barbara of Coastal Ripples) commented at my post of two Mondays ago that she’s adopted a more relaxed schedule and pace for…

View Post

Creativity of the Ordinary and the Quirkily Personal. . .

Creativity of the Ordinary and the Quirkily Personal. . .

If I tell you that sometimes when I’m awake at 3 or 4 in the morning, I think of my blog — either in general or with a particular post in mind — and am…

View Post

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.