Materfamilias Writes

Reading Enroute — Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms . . .

Reading Enroute — Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms . . .

Settled in Bordeaux now, and I’m hoping to get back to a more regular blogging practice, but we’ll see… I’ve read the next ten chapters of Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for our ReadAlong, and I’m putting…

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Five Things for a Dry, Hot Friday!

Five Things for a Dry, Hot Friday!

The promised Paris Eating post is almost completed, but rather than rush through to put it “live” today, I’m going with a Five Things Friday. Do tune in again soon if you want to know…

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Two Mysteries and Some Italy. . .

Two Mysteries and Some Italy. . .

You know I love my mystery novels. . . I made sure to download a few to my Kobo eReader for the long plane rides to and from Paris. Peter Robinson’s Abattoir Blues is his 22nd…

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H is for Hello Again. . . and also for Helen Macdonald’s Hawk book. . .

H is for Hello Again. . . and also for Helen Macdonald’s Hawk book. . .

Very near the top of my What Will I Do Now That I’m Retiring list is “Resurrect My Reading Blog” with perhaps ten or twenty exclamation marks following that commitment. This is a teeny, tiny…

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Wildflowers on Wednesday

Wildflowers on Wednesday

The other day, I commented to Elizabeth at Welsh Hills Again that I loved her wonderful groupings, in her expansive garden, of naturalized daffodils, but that this appreciation was in contrast to my growing fatigue…

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