Materfamilias Writes

Mess-Making or Art-Faking or “Just” Plain Child’s Play? A Peek in My Journal

Mess-Making or Art-Faking or “Just” Plain Child’s Play? A Peek in My Journal

 As I work on revising my draft, I’m finding a useful counterpoint in the messy play I allow myself in a field I come to with limited skills and lower expectations. To revise my writing…

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Monday, Noisy Urban Monday. . .

Monday, Noisy Urban Monday. . .

Monday mornings often find me dragging my feet a bit over writing a blogpost. Yes, it would be smart to work on the Monday post over the weekend, have it ready to go so that…

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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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2019’s Blank Pages to Fill — with Bravissimo’s Galore. . .

2019’s Blank Pages to Fill — with Bravissimo’s Galore. . .

I tend not to make resolutions at New Year’s, preferring to adjust goals and aspirations more often. I have used the occasion several times to resolve once again “to want what I have” [rather than…

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Last Days of the Year, The Crazy-Festive and the Regenerative Cocooning. . .

Last Days of the Year, The Crazy-Festive and the Regenerative Cocooning. . .

Just popping in quickly to say that Christmas was lovely but very busy — Christmas Eve with over 40 of my nearest and dearest (my siblings, their partners, the next generation and the one after…

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