Materfamilias Writes

A Little Navy Dress and Some Thoughts about Friendship

A Little Navy Dress and Some Thoughts about Friendship

 For an opera as splendid as Turandot, especially when produced this sumptuously, one really should dress up a bit. But the practicalities of walking to the Skytrain stop through Saturday night’s significant rainfall couldn’t be…

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And In the Condo Terrace Garden — Report On Our First Summer

And In the Condo Terrace Garden — Report On Our First Summer

You might remember that this past April, I shared my intention to track my new (container) garden’s growth via regular posting here, to turn the pages of its story with you looking over my shoulder.…

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Summer Fun! Two Ways to Get/Stay Fit in the City

Summer Fun! Two Ways to Get/Stay Fit in the City

 Excuse the title, my tongue-in-cheek effort to follow Bloglovin’s advice about Attracting More Followers. The stock advice always seems to include exclamation marks and How-to and Numbers. . What’s really going on here is that…

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The Garden as Book: Turning the Pages of My New Urban Terrace

The Garden as Book: Turning the Pages of My New Urban Terrace

I love the way the weather has blasted a rust stencil into the old Doukhobor church bench I picked up years ago to celebrate having successfully passed my doctoral comprehensives. The stencil itself was bought…

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Out and About in the Neighbourhood — What I Wore

Out and About in the Neighbourhood — What I Wore

So what does one wear when the sidewalks are dangerously icy, the temperatures are stuck below freezing, one’s feet are complaining about the new snow boots, and the cabin fever brought on by three weeks…

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