Materfamilias Writes

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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Last Days of the Year, The Crazy-Festive and the Regenerative Cocooning. . .

Last Days of the Year, The Crazy-Festive and the Regenerative Cocooning. . .

Just popping in quickly to say that Christmas was lovely but very busy — Christmas Eve with over 40 of my nearest and dearest (my siblings, their partners, the next generation and the one after…

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An Illustrated Story for you on Christmas Eve

An Illustrated Story for you on Christmas Eve

 When I was growing up, my family always opened our gifts on Christmas Eve, after dinner and bathtime and admonition to stay upstairs until Santa Claus had made his early stop and was jingling a…

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Countdown: Days Before Christmas, in my Journal

Countdown: Days Before Christmas, in my Journal

 Christmas shopping is all done — and almost all of it done in independent bookstores, wonderful places to hang out, even in these busy days. . . Today I’m going to wrap gifts and put…

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Fashion Illustration? Presenting My New Jacket. . .

Fashion Illustration? Presenting My New Jacket. . .

 Thought you might like to know about my new jacket, bought before I left for Edinburgh last month. It wasn’t all-purpose enough to justify bringing it along, so I was pleased to be reunited and…

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