Materfamilias Writes

New Sketches: From the Kitchen

New Sketches: From the Kitchen

  It’s bread-making day here and while the dough rests between the stretch-and-folds, I’m catching up with other tasks: my compiti per casa (homework for my Thursday evening Italian class), for example, and working on my…

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Summer Sketch: Of Wisteria and Ladybugs, Cycling and Bread-baking

Summer Sketch: Of Wisteria and Ladybugs, Cycling and Bread-baking

We are a few days into what passes for a heat wave here in Vancouver, and I’m trying not to wax too nostalgic about life on the island where I could walk from my front…

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Monday Illustration. . . So Much to Learn!

Monday Illustration. . . So Much to Learn!

Shhhh!  As I write this, I’m hiding out in the bedroom, with the A/C, while sheers (with the new building completed across the lane, we needed some light-preserving privacy) and a blackout blind are being…

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