Materfamilias Writes

Looking at Ourselves . . .

Looking at Ourselves . . .

Interesting the variety of conversations going on around the question of our looks as we confront them from various perspectives in middle age (I’m getting to the outer edges of “middle age” with my 60th…

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Reflections and Snapshots

Reflections and Snapshots

 A regular feature of What I Wore post discussions, particularly among we Women of a Certain Age, is the discomfort we feel in taking, posing for, and posting photos of ourselves. Not only do we…

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Happy or Not, Here I Run . . .

Happy or Not, Here I Run . . .

I’m in one of those moods which don’t accommodate blogging very well — the whole enterprise seems dubious and narcissistic and, above all, time consuming! I did get Pater to snap some WIW shots of…

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Paris dining encounters and where they lead us . . .

Paris dining encounters and where they lead us . . .

lunchtime on the way to Montmartre Although our French occasionally meets with some puzzlement or amusement, even a gentle correction or brief pronunciation/grammar lesson, generally it’s quite serviceable. One of its best benefits is to get…

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Parisian chic, of a certain age . . .

Parisian chic, of a certain age . . .

I can’t imagine what nerve one has to muster to ask strangers if it’s okay to photograph them for one’s blog. I don’t think I could do it. Instead, I pretended I was immensely interested…

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