Materfamilias Writes

Tulip Time? Oh, I Wish. . . Painting Colour in the Grey . . .

Tulip Time? Oh, I Wish. . . Painting Colour in the Grey . . .

I woke at 5:30 this morning (after sleeping right through the night — yay!) and after I’d sat in the dark with my hot lemon water (I’ve been starting my day this way for a…

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Bourgeois Marriage to Serial Murder — My Reading Has Range!

Bourgeois Marriage to Serial Murder — My Reading Has Range!

I’ve been doing very well with Holds I’ve placed on books from the Vancouver Public Library. A bit too well, really, and I’m currently reading madly through a Pico Iyer travel memoir (five reading days…

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Wednesday Muesli-Making. . . .

Wednesday Muesli-Making. . . .

It’s going to take me a few days to put together that follow-up post about the Italian style exhibition I visited last week and my continuing cogitation on Sustainable Style and Slow Fashion and the…

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Italian Lessons, Italian Style. . .

Italian Lessons, Italian Style. . .

I’m coming out of a busy few days — house guest Thursday/Friday; rigorous gym workout Friday morning; our Italian class Saturday morning, extended through lunch these days for conversation in English and rudimentary Italian with…

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In the Garden, Hope Springs. . . .or Spring Hopes. . .

In the Garden, Hope Springs. . . .or Spring Hopes. . .

My granddaughter chose this card — by my good friend Sandy, who keeps me well supplied — to send to her cousin in Italy.  She chose it because she recognized our current reality here where…

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