Materfamilias Writes

Portraits of a Travel Experience, or There and Back Again . . .

Portraits of a Travel Experience, or There and Back Again . . .

Reader Eleonore, whom I’ve had the pleasure of spending a few hours with, once in Berlin, once in Munich, commented on my last post that she, too, keeps a journal while travelling. Like me, she…

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Journal Pages — Paris Purchases, Sketched near Rome. . .

Journal Pages — Paris Purchases, Sketched near Rome. . .

Back home almost a week now, I’m beginning to sleep a bit better (5 1/2 hours in one stretch last night, the most continuous sleep in weeks), and I’m settling back into a very pleasant…

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Of Airplane Travel and a Francophile’s Vintage Treasures. . .

Of Airplane Travel and a Francophile’s Vintage Treasures. . .

Since we last met here, I’ve flown over the Tyrennhian and then the Ligurian seas, the island of Corsica, all bathed in sunshine. . . flown over the Alps into France, deeper and deeper into…

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Packing Up — and Sharing a Sketch. . .

Packing Up — and Sharing a Sketch. . .

I did get into Rome for a few hours today, riding the Regional train in with my daughter, who had an appointment with her hair-stylist. The few hours weren’t enough, of course, but they were…

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A Morning of Slowness, Savoured, Somewhere Near Rome. . .

A Morning of Slowness, Savoured, Somewhere Near Rome. . .

Begun Friday, Finished on Saturday, Because I’m Taking It Slow. . . . My son-in-law offered to drop me at the Metro on his way to work, so that I could have a day in…

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