Materfamilias Writes

What I Wore for a Thought-Provoking Date Night

What I Wore for a Thought-Provoking Date Night

 Last Friday, we walked a couple of kilometres to the cinema for a showing of Ai WeiWei’s magnificent documentary, Human Flow. Have any of you watched it yet? Devastating and beautiful and humbling and inspiring…

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An Urban Condo Garden, Rooftop-Style, in November. . . .

An Urban Condo Garden, Rooftop-Style, in November. . . .

 Shall we take a quick tour of my Fall Garden? The photos were taken over the past three or four weeks, as the days got shorter and colder — that Japanese maple above was golden…

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Train Travel and Travel Journalling

Train Travel and Travel Journalling

Two Fridays ago, I listed Five Things and then added a sixth when realized I’d forgotten the Train Ticket I’d intended as #1! I said I’d tell you more about it soon, and it seems…

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Cashmere Mending: Patchwork, Sashiko, and a Bit of Play

Cashmere Mending: Patchwork, Sashiko, and a Bit of Play

 A week or two ago I posted this image on Instagram: a patch I’d sashiko‘d over a hole in a cashmere sweater, and I had a request to explain the process here on the blog.…

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City Life, with a bit of Over-60 Style

City Life, with a bit of Over-60 Style

Just quickly, because apparently we have only one more day of these gorgeously crisp blue skies, November temps hovering nicely at freezing after teasing us with a sprinkle of snowflakes Saturday (and look at the…

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