Materfamilias Writes

(Not) Slaving over a hot stove . . . or How To Delegate, With Wine . . .

(Not) Slaving over a hot stove . . . or How To Delegate, With Wine . . .

Like me, my daughters are decent cooks who like cooking and baking, when it suits us. But we also know how to pick guys who enjoy their kitchen time. And we know how to let…

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Boxing Day changes . . .

Boxing Day changes . . .

 Backing Basking in happiness here. Boxing Day has long been my favourite day of the year — the work’s all done, the fridge is full of leftovers, and there are new books. Never. Never. and…

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It’s Here! Merry Christmas!

It’s Here! Merry Christmas!

There are some holes in my It’s Christmas Now theory, my intention of embracing all the moments of preparation for the Day as part of the seasonal richness. The biggest problem would be that all…

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Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

What a good thing I had committed myself tofinding Christmas in the moment, yesterday morning. As it turned out, not only our 8:30 ferry, but then also the 10:30 and the 12:30 were cancelled, due…

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It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas, no?

It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas, no?

EDITED TO ADD: This post was written BEFORE we learned that our ferry was cancelled due to “Adverse Weather Conditions” — i.e. high winds AND BEFORE I looked out the window to see snow coming down…

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