Materfamilias Writes

Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Those of us fortunate enough to be #StayingHome have lost many or most or all of the markers that distinguish one day from another. . . And some of us are finding the time that…

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I Had a Meltdown. . . and Then I Recovered. . . How’re You Doing?

I Had a Meltdown. . . and Then I Recovered. . . How’re You Doing?

First of all, here is the Mason Bee House in our condo-terrace “garden”. . . above, a photo from March 19th, and below, as it was yesterday afternoon.  Three of the tubes were completely empty…

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Well, Hello Dolly! (dollies) Knitting and Other Activities in Times of Covid-19

Well, Hello Dolly! (dollies) Knitting and Other Activities in Times of Covid-19

Among the activities keeping me focussed these days . . . Missing my grandkids, but/so I’ve been making things for them. . . These little knit dolls (pattern here, if you’re tempted; I knit mine…

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Thinking Inside the Box. . . As we do in times of Covid-19 . . .

Thinking Inside the Box. . . As we do in times of Covid-19 . . .

We’ve had several very dreary days in succession, and today’s weather forecast shows six calendar squares filled with an image of a grey cloud dripping with rain. . . I suppose, given all the hand-washing…

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Visiting an Exhibition in Paris. . . via Responsible Social Distancing. . .

Visiting an Exhibition in Paris. . . via Responsible Social Distancing. . .

Back at that Kiki Smith exhibition in Paris’s La Monnaie last December. . . as with another exhibition of feminist art I visited in the same institution the December before last, the impressive courtyard hosted…

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