Moving In, Starting Afresh, and Reading Along. . .

I’m a bit preoccupied with our move this week (that’s the fountain on our new terrace, above), but I have a few posts ready to roll out here this week, and there will be a…

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My Brilliant Friend, readalong, The Prologue

Welcome to this Read-Along of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend.  Never having attempted to host a read-along here before, I’m not sure how this project might evolve, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out together.…

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Five Things on a Rainy Friday

Last weekend, we had our two oldest g’daughters (7 and 3) sleep over, and then we’ve had the pleasure of the 7-year-old’s company for three full days this week, so that blogging time has been…

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How to Accessorise a Princess Dress — What They Wore

One of my favourite photos from this past weekend, when we took the two oldest granddaughters to a Theatre Under the Stars production of Beauty and the Beast. The cousins recognised immediately that this was…

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Biking Boldness on a Rather Small Scale — Mater Goes Solo!

I wrote most of this post three weeks ago, and then somehow got sidetracked with sorting out why the recent spotlighting of “Badass” women gets under my skin. With two posts on the topic since…

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