Materfamilias Writes

Great-Grandmothers and Grandmothers and Mothers, Remembering and Forgetting

Great-Grandmothers and Grandmothers and Mothers, Remembering and Forgetting

Lisa’s eloquent post on her thoughts, as a mother, on her own mother’s decline, prompted me to begin articulating some of my thoughts about the passing of the generational torch, as I’m observing it in…

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Autumn Running, Thinking, Working, Retiring. . . . Blazing Colourfully. . . .

Autumn Running, Thinking, Working, Retiring. . . . Blazing Colourfully. . . .

 I was home getting a drink and using the toilet in between loops of my long run this morning when the slanting sunlight of an early Fall morning lit the autumn foliage in the back…

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End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

As I ready myself for Summer’s freer schedule being swapped out for Fall’s more rigorous pace, what I’m really lamenting — besides not having picked a single bowl of blackberries this year! — is how…

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Too Depressing for Words? But Let’s Try, Shall We?

Too Depressing for Words? But Let’s Try, Shall We?

ADDED HOURS AFTER ORIGINAL POSTING: JUST  poking my head in to thank you all for your supportive feedback and to assure you that I’m fine now. Have been fine since Monday. Hope that doesn’t make…

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Life's Dance . . And some Catalan Folk Dancing just for you

Life's Dance . . And some Catalan Folk Dancing just for you

I am not sure how this will work, all managed on my little iPad mini with the help of my Blogsy app, but we so enjoyed this Catalan folk dance last weekend in Barcelona’s Cathedral…

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