Materfamilias Writes

Opera Knitting

Opera Knitting

Isn’t this just the best picture? Wish I’d taken it, but I foundit on Vancouver Opera’s Facebook page. Members of the chorus knitting away backstage during Lillian Alling . . . I haven’t mentioned my…

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Picking At The Rough Ends . . .

Picking At The Rough Ends . . .

I know that when Roland Barthes wrote of the punctum, the tiny point or wound that punctures a photo’s studium or field, that draws and disturbs the eye, he had much weighter poignancies in mind…

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Oh, to be in London. . .

Oh, to be in London. . .

If knitting’s your cup of tea . . . check out these workshops in London— don’t they look like fun? I’ve recently discovered this Wee Birdy blog and love it, love it, love it. We’re…

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