Materfamilias Writes

What’s Happening in the Spring Garden on the Terrace? So Much!

What’s Happening in the Spring Garden on the Terrace? So Much!

Spring on the Terrace! We leave for Europe two weeks from now, and as much as I’m looking forward to the trip, I’m already regretting the blooms we’ll miss, a bit envious of those visitors…

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Sketches and Paddles and Connections. . . .

Sketches and Paddles and Connections. . . .

You might remember that we took out a membership at a local Rowing Club nearby to bring kayaking back into our lives after our move to the city.  I mention our urban kayaking in this…

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Time for a Cuppa — Join Me for Tea?

Time for a Cuppa — Join Me for Tea?

A month from today, we’ll have landed in a city far from home and begun exploring. I’ve booked our accommodation there and also booked train tickets for the next three legs of our trip which…

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When Life Gives You Lemons. . .

When Life Gives You Lemons. . .

Okay, that’s a deceptive title. No need for lemonade-making here at the moment, except that we have an imminent departure of a beloved visitor on our horizon and she’s heading to that Land Where Lemons…

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Learning a Thing or Two About Myself, In Retirement. . .

Learning a Thing or Two About Myself, In Retirement. . .

Some recent random aperçus, or observations — not quite epiphanies, but bordering on — about this state of my retirement and my move through what some sociologists are calling Young Old Age (sometimes designated as…

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