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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Friday Plans. . .(Travel Ahead)

Friday Plans. . .(Travel Ahead)

I have a few days to myself at home, and I was going to tell you what I was doing with them, explain to you just how obviously Introvert Am I!. . . (hint: knitting,…

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Wednesday Walk — Murals and Mushrooms and A Traveler’s Eye. . .

Wednesday Walk — Murals and Mushrooms and A Traveler’s Eye. . .

 We’ve had a glorious September and October here in Vancouver, but it does seem that our run of wonderful weather has come to an end, and the watersheds will soon be replenished. . .  Fog…

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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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