Materfamilias Writes

Adjustments — Clocks and Toddlers and Nanas Heading Home. . .

Adjustments — Clocks and Toddlers and Nanas Heading Home. . .

My son and daughter-in-law are on their long flight home as I write, as their daughter sleeps an artificial hour longer this morning thanks to Daylight Savings Time. Sadly, the little chat she and I…

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Drawing Lessons . . . and Returning Home . . .

Drawing Lessons . . . and Returning Home . . .

Last week was very busy, and rewardingly so. I learned some new techniques in two intense days of drawing classes, but not only that — the immersion was also inspiring, and I’m fairly confident it’s…

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Here and There — and a Few Thoughts about the Distance Between Them

Here and There — and a Few Thoughts about the Distance Between Them

I completely forgot about this post I drafted over two weeks ago, and I hope you won’t mind its belated appearance here. It was such a struggle to write, somehow, that I’m unwilling to simply…

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Back to Bordeaux via my Illustrated Journal…

Back to Bordeaux via my Illustrated Journal…

Seemed like a very good time to roll the calendar back to a day in Bordeaux, last November, sitting on the terrace of the Café Tourny enjoying a tartine with my grand crème and sketching. .…

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Home and Away and Why I Travel: Guess What?

Home and Away and Why I Travel: Guess What?

Want to play a guessing game? I’m easing gradually off my couch, away from the box of kleenexes and the packet of cough drops, moving slowly into the year. Some stock-taking is in order (I…

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