Materfamilias Writes

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…

View Post

Home before Home. . . On Ex-Pat Grandkids and Nursing Colds and French Detective Novels. . .

Home before Home. . . On Ex-Pat Grandkids and Nursing Colds and French Detective Novels. . .

We’re back in Bordeaux after a busy week in Italy — a few days at our daughter’s home in a small town outside Rome, a few days in Florence, a day trip to Naples. I…

View Post

Waving from a Beach near Rome

Waving from a Beach near Rome

Before heading out for the train this morning, I put together a quick post using the mobile app BlogGo, and for the second consecutive time using this program, clicking on “Publish” resulted in tears and…

View Post

Well, Hello Berlin. . .

Well, Hello Berlin. . .

Last post, I waved to you from the train as we left Paris, but I was coy about our destination. If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you will know by now that we’re in…

View Post

Family Life in a Smaller Space — Ça Marche. . .

Family Life in a Smaller Space — Ça Marche. . .

 Surprising how much fun you can have at Nana and Granddad’s new digs with a few empty packing boxes.  Seven-year old G’daughter constructed fifteen or twenty feet of tunnel with them on the weekend —…

View Post

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.