Materfamilias Writes

Dresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas

Dresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas

(Subtitle: Retail Therapy and Dressing for the Online Gatherings. . . . Alternate subtitle: Justifying unnecessary purchases during a Covid December) Whether it’s another effect of the pandemic restrictions or not, I’ve been finding that…

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A Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .

A Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .

Odds and Ends this morning, and then I’m off to meet my sister for a walk in the rain — walking together outdoors is the only socializing we’re currently permitted here, outside of our immediate…

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An Advent of Adjustment — Christmas Preparations in the Time of Covid. . .

An Advent of Adjustment — Christmas Preparations in the Time of Covid. . .

This is another of those Posts Interrupted (like this one, posted several weeks ago).  I’m not sure why this pattern seems to be trending here lately, procrastination and interruption and determination to complete jostling for…

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Too Early for a Christmas Tree? I Say, Bring on the Lights!

Too Early for a Christmas Tree? I Say, Bring on the Lights!

Yes, 2020 finally broke me. . . But not the way you might be thinking. . . It’s just that after a lifetime of refusing to bring a tree in the house before December 15th…

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Not Quite Done With the Holidays. . . .

Not Quite Done With the Holidays. . . .

First post of 2020 — Hello! Happy New Year! Really, though, if I tell you that we’ve put away the tree and the lights, but the Christmas crèche is still on the dresser in the…

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