Materfamilias Writes

Portland Packing: What To Do When It Rains and Rains and Rains. . .

Portland Packing: What To Do When It Rains and Rains and Rains. . .

 If you’ve been peeking at my Instagram feed, you might know that I’ve been in Portland, Oregon this week. Pater had meetings here, and I accompanied him in anticipation of playing flâneuse — and getting…

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Mess-Making or Art-Faking or “Just” Plain Child’s Play? A Peek in My Journal

Mess-Making or Art-Faking or “Just” Plain Child’s Play? A Peek in My Journal

 As I work on revising my draft, I’m finding a useful counterpoint in the messy play I allow myself in a field I come to with limited skills and lower expectations. To revise my writing…

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Five (Illustrated) Things Friday. . .

Five (Illustrated) Things Friday. . .

The Ten is coming to hang out with us today while her teachers have a Pro-D Day. Before she arrives, I’m going to slip into running gear and out into the dawn-dark streets. . .…

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Sketch Journal — Day In The Life aka Nana and Granddad Get Schooled . . .

Sketch Journal — Day In The Life aka Nana and Granddad Get Schooled . . .

We’re on Day Three of our Four-Day Babysitting Gig, and it’s at least as rewarding and as exhausting as we’d anticipated. From anytime after 5 A.M. right through until 8:30-ish P.M., the weekend demanded pretty…

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2019’s Blank Pages to Fill — with Bravissimo’s Galore. . .

2019’s Blank Pages to Fill — with Bravissimo’s Galore. . .

I tend not to make resolutions at New Year’s, preferring to adjust goals and aspirations more often. I have used the occasion several times to resolve once again “to want what I have” [rather than…

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