Materfamilias Writes

Just Showing Up . . . With Words and Sketches (and even OOTD photos ;-)

Just Showing Up . . . With Words and Sketches (and even OOTD photos ;-)

 You might be surprised to know that even after 13 years of blogging, I can be paralysed here at the keyboard. It’s not “writer’s block” in the sense of having nothing to say. Rather, while…

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Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

I was halfway through a post about the lead-up — the Advent — to this Christmas, this holiday season in which Covid-19 has toppled all our expectations. . .  I’d included some laments but moved…

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November Happiness — a Modest Achievement

November Happiness — a Modest Achievement

AND. . . . it’s November. . . Big doings on the horizon, and let’s all hope they bring positive change to see the year out. . . The calendar’s turned a page; the clock’s…

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Autumn’s Here. . .

Autumn’s Here. . .

A hearty rain is currently scrubbing our Vancouver skies clean of the smoke that choked us all week. . . So no complaints about our Wet Coast weather, at least not for a few days. …

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La Rentrée, Sneaking up on it, at least. . .

La Rentrée, Sneaking up on it, at least. . .

  I’m not quite ready to return to blogging, still thinking about what that means for me given recent changes to the (free) blogging platform (Blogger) that I’ve been using for 13 (!!) years.  All…

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Copyright

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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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