Materfamilias Writes

Catching up. . . with Six Titles for the Price of One Post . . .

Catching up. . . with Six Titles for the Price of One Post . . .

Wow! Not sure how those five weeks got away from me, but I’m back, with a sextet of titles to share. 1. Lee Child’s Blue Moon, the latest Jack Reacher. Not sure why I enjoy…

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More Italian Style, From Vancouver. . .

More Italian Style, From Vancouver. . .

In case you’re wondering, my daughter’s family in Rome is now to their home, along with the rest of Italy, asked (ordered) not to go out except if necessary for work, for health reasons, or…

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Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Consider this for Slow Fashion: This coat (which I shared my sketch of in this post) is over 50 years old. . . .  Ever since that conversation we had about Slow Fashion (or better…

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Sketching Style. . .

Sketching Style. . .

After a busy weekend (Saturday: Italian class, lunch with friends, favourite sushi date with favourite guy; Sunday: stretch class and long walk, afternoon and dinner with grandkids and daughter. . . favourite guy made ravioli…

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Italian Lessons, Italian Style. . .

Italian Lessons, Italian Style. . .

I’m coming out of a busy few days — house guest Thursday/Friday; rigorous gym workout Friday morning; our Italian class Saturday morning, extended through lunch these days for conversation in English and rudimentary Italian with…

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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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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.