Materfamilias Writes

Art in Paris — Contemplative Discovery

Art in Paris — Contemplative Discovery

I’m always surprised and gratified and fascinated and ever so grateful to this community when I post something tentative and somewhat vulnerable, when I’m thinking out loud, as it were — and then, as with…

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The Big Move: Two and a Half Years Later. . .

The Big Move: Two and a Half Years Later. . .

Today’s post is the sort I used to write more often but have moved away from lately — partly because they can take so much to write (and I’ve tended to hive that energy off…

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Monday Sketch and a HandKnit Hat

Monday Sketch and a HandKnit Hat

I’m working on a more sustained post — about how I’m feeling about our “new” home two-and-a-half years into the move — but for a quick Monday greeting, I offer you this little portrait I…

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Sketches and the Self: Portraits of Mater (and Nana. And Me.)

Sketches and the Self: Portraits of Mater (and Nana. And Me.)

My daughter sketched this from a photo last year (As you begin reading, let me say that I know sometimes you don’t make it to the bottom of the post — but the bottom of…

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Sketch Journal — Day In The Life aka Nana and Granddad Get Schooled . . .

Sketch Journal — Day In The Life aka Nana and Granddad Get Schooled . . .

We’re on Day Three of our Four-Day Babysitting Gig, and it’s at least as rewarding and as exhausting as we’d anticipated. From anytime after 5 A.M. right through until 8:30-ish P.M., the weekend demanded pretty…

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