Materfamilias Writes

On the Daily, Sketches from My Covid Journal. . .

On the Daily, Sketches from My Covid Journal. . .

I hope you all saw my last post, about a reader’s adventurous plans for an ex-pat retirement in Portugal. I’ve always daydreamed about living in Europe for a year or so, and Carol’s description of…

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More Watercolour Sketches “In the Time of Covid19”

More Watercolour Sketches “In the Time of Covid19”

I’m (finally!) putting together the last of my photos fromthat Kiki Smith exhibition I saw in Parislate last year (seems another lifetime, doesn’t it?!). . . . Meanwhile, a quick Friday afternoon recap of some…

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Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

 I realized last week that I haven’t done much (hardly any!) of the sketching I thought I’d find time for during this confinement, so I unearthed a mini watercolour sketchbook and decided to try filling…

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Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Those of us fortunate enough to be #StayingHome have lost many or most or all of the markers that distinguish one day from another. . . And some of us are finding the time that…

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Well, Hello Dolly! (dollies) Knitting and Other Activities in Times of Covid-19

Well, Hello Dolly! (dollies) Knitting and Other Activities in Times of Covid-19

Among the activities keeping me focussed these days . . . Missing my grandkids, but/so I’ve been making things for them. . . These little knit dolls (pattern here, if you’re tempted; I knit mine…

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