Materfamilias Writes

Waiting. And Thinking. And Waiting

Waiting. And Thinking. And Waiting

I posted this not long before I went to bed last night, and when I woke at 3, it seemed a mistake, as so many things do at 3 a.m. I groggily found my way…

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Reading for Distraction. . .

Reading for Distraction. . .

I thought some of you might enjoy this short essay by poet Molly Fisk on Not Reading — and I’m curious to know whether any of you have ever tried going without reading for a challenging…

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Comfort Dressing (with a bit of Flair, I hope)

Comfort Dressing (with a bit of Flair, I hope)

 Thank you so much for all the warm and supportive comments on my last post. They make a world of difference right now — in fact, Pater texted me yesterday from our island home (he’s…

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For that One Particular Fly, Nana. . . Families and Health

For that One Particular Fly, Nana. . . Families and Health

Throughout my pregnancies — so 30 and more years ago — there were some tests available to ascertain the health of the fetus, but not nearly as many as there are now, nor were they…

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Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

One of the wonderful and fascinating results of travel, for me, is the way memory grabs certain moments and returns you to them randomly. So that often, you might be in the middle, say, of…

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