Materfamilias Writes

More Reflections, in Winter Sunlight. . . .

More Reflections, in Winter Sunlight. . . .

 Yesterday, as I said I would, I met a dear friend for coffee. Our friendship stretches further back in my life than any other relationship other than those with my siblings, yet we hadn’t seen…

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Christmas Week Reflections

Christmas Week Reflections

Except for Boxing Day, which we had gloriously and entirely to ourselves, at home all day watching the snow, we’ve been enjoying lovely family time, relieved and satisfied at how well our new, smaller space…

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Here and There, Then and Now, A Christmas Link. . .

Here and There, Then and Now, A Christmas Link. . .

Just a quick Word-less Wednesday post. If you’ve been following my Advent Calendar postings on Instagram — a daily photo of festive shop windows collected on our recent travels —  you might remember that I…

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Six (and a jumble) Things Saturday, Some Random Before Christmas. . .

Six (and a jumble) Things Saturday, Some Random Before Christmas. . .

Still bubbling over with Random here, and I was looking forward to coralling that Random into a Five Things Friday post. Instead, yesterday was conscripted for 1) Finally writing the final post in my Ferrante…

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Five Random Post-Move, Post-Travel, Pre-Christmas List Items. . .

Five Random Post-Move, Post-Travel, Pre-Christmas List Items. . .

Last night I slept 6.5 hours, after a full 5 the previous night. After a week of 4s, this is a huge relief, and I’m anticipating being back to full strength (and perhaps even being…

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