Materfamilias Writes

Postcards (hastily scribbled) from Rome

Postcards (hastily scribbled) from Rome

I scribbled on the back of a few virtual postcards and am sending them out to you from Rome. Click through to collect the mail!

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Style Inspiration in Rome’s Summer Heat

Style Inspiration in Rome’s Summer Heat

First Report from Rome, and I’m sharing some glimpses of stylish older women seen on my Saturday morning walk to a fashionable cafe/pasticerria. Come join me?

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Belated Postcards from Lisbon. . .

Belated Postcards from Lisbon. . .

(Let’s pretend) I sent myself some postcards from Lisbon. What notes did I scribble to myself? Join me for a cup of tea and we can look at them together.

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More Solo-Travel Notes (and Two Sketches) from Lisbon

More Solo-Travel Notes (and Two Sketches) from Lisbon

A few more images from my Lisbon hotel AND a peek in my travel sketch journal.

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Solo Travel and Then . . .

Solo Travel and Then . . .

I’m home now, looking back on those 17 days of solo travel as I settle into the daily rhythm of life here. From sketching in Lisbon, visiting the Prado in Madrid, being a flâneuse in Paris, and then back making bread in my Vancouver kitchen. . .

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