Materfamilias Writes

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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A January Trio — Mystery and Literary Fiction Mixing It Up .. .

A January Trio — Mystery and Literary Fiction Mixing It Up .. .

The third book I read this year was Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer. Braithwaite is a Nigerian writer who has spent considerable time in England (primary school, boarding school, and then her degrees…

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Weekend Doings. . . From My Sketch Journal

Weekend Doings. . . From My Sketch Journal

Because I’m blog-challenged this morning. But still want to show up here. . . . How was your weekend? How has your week begun? Happy Monday! xo, f

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Yours truly, of Writing and Reading and Old-Fashioned Snail Mail

Yours truly, of Writing and Reading and Old-Fashioned Snail Mail

Writing and reading are my preoccupations this week. I just posted — over on my Reading Blog — about thefirst two novels I read this year, and that post featured not only my reading, but…

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Introducing New-To-Me Writers: Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo

Introducing New-To-Me Writers: Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo

January has been a good month for reading discoveries. I began the year with two books in a row by authors previously unknown to me and whose backlists I will happily work my way through…

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