Materfamilias Writes

A Trip to the Woods. . . And a Small Crisis Averted. . .

A Trip to the Woods. . . And a Small Crisis Averted. . .

Honestly, those of you who live with heat for months and months of the year, sunhats off to you! I’m sweltering in our version of a Heat Wave (official Environment Canada website gives a Heat…

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Weekend Sketching . . .

Weekend Sketching . . .

Good Monday morning! We’re in the middle of what constitutes a heat wave here in normally rainy Vancouver — no rain for a week or so and there’s none forecast for the next week, with…

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A Few Wrinkles in the Bedroom . . .

A Few Wrinkles in the Bedroom . . .

NOTE: EDITED July 2020, to note that after the fitted sheet wore through into huge holes after only two years of normal wear, cold-water washing, regular drying, I wrote to the company and received this…

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Home Again, Remembering Lyon. . .

Home Again, Remembering Lyon. . .

After almost six weeks away from home, I’m sorting out a workable schedule again. Appointments and grandkids and writing projects to catch up on. Sleep, fitness, diet, all the good health stuff.  Remembering old priorities…

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Paris Shopping: Des Belles Addresses

Paris Shopping: Des Belles Addresses

We’re packing up this evening, and by this time tomorrow I’ll be cuddling a Five and a Three that I haven’t seen since they surprised me for that Really Big Birthday! Not much time to…

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