Materfamilias Writes

And a Last Few Titles of the Year . . .

And a Last Few Titles of the Year . . .

I’m unhappy with how few of the books I read this year made it into a post, even in the briefest review. But I’m busy, and I’m human, and I suppose I always try to…

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Festive Running in Vancouver

Festive Running in Vancouver

I did a bit too much running last week and so was very grateful to my physio today for some traction and some IMS. . . . and some encouragement with a decision I’ve been…

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After Christmas Random …

After Christmas Random …

Random post-Christmas notes: On my long run this morning (23km, along the Stanley Park Seawall, and then doubling back), I managed to witness the moment, at an outdoor wedding overlooking the beach, when the Officiant…

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Boxing Day Stillness

Boxing Day Stillness

  Twelve of us, including two excited little girls, crowded together in the small city apartment of our son and daughter-in-law, opening lovingly chosen, thoughtful gifts, filling plates with my tourtieres or the shrimp-spinach quiche…

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But Santa Said I Could . . .

But Santa Said I Could . . .

I did promise to show you one other photograph, gleaned from my Christmas shopping efforts of last week. This one is a Self-Gift, one of the inevitable results of too much time in the shops,…

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