Materfamilias Writes

Who Ate The Figs?. . . And other sundry details . . .

Who Ate The Figs?. . . And other sundry details . . .

And here’s the companion page, in my illustrated journal, to the Apple sketches I posted on Monday. Text on the left: The Brown Turkey figs are coming to the end of their season in their…

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I Left my Voice in San Francisco (But I Brought Home Some Sketches)

I Left my Voice in San Francisco (But I Brought Home Some Sketches)

 We flew home from San Francisco Sunday afternoon, my cold staking more territory with each passing hour, my laryngitis not aided one jot by the drying air of the plane. Exhausted as I was by…

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Watercolours in the Kitchen. . . Shall We Speak of Bread and Apples?

Watercolours in the Kitchen. . . Shall We Speak of Bread and Apples?

I continue to practicewhat I learned from my friend Alison about painting a loaf of bread — not because I have any particular interest in bread representation in the future. I’m pretty close to having…

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Last Week, This Week: Goalposts and Resolutions and Jump-Starts

Last Week, This Week: Goalposts and Resolutions and Jump-Starts

I woke with a very welcome resolve this morning.  For some reason, that’s been lacking lately. I’ve been busy enough: last week, Iengaged social media to support my sister’s activism and, with my husband, enjoyed…

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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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