Materfamilias Writes

Mainland to Big Island to little island. . . Almost Home

Mainland to Big Island to little island. . . Almost Home

We’ve managed a few things on my Glad-to-be–Home list . . . Visited all our Vancouver kids yesterday, delighting in everyone’s obvious happiness and well-being, the granddaughters thriving, one family having moved into a new…

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Good-bye France, Hello my Home

Good-bye France, Hello my Home

  Heading to the airport where we’ve decided to check our bags for a change, having bought a Longchamps bag to consolidate some overflow. . . After a busy day of ambling on Saturday, I…

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Last Days in Paris

Last Days in Paris

  Yesterday, our penultimate day in Paris for this trip,I wrapped a large chiffon scarf over my shoulders to keep them from burning and took my wrinkled linen pants out for a stroll in the…

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Shades of Antiquity in the Lot

Shades of Antiquity in the Lot

I’m writing this on the train to Paris after a marvellous week learning to sketch and paint en plein air in the Lot region of France with seven other women. Our teachers, the talented, patient,…

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Painting in the Lot

Painting in the Lot

The view from our home for the week, here in a small town in the Lot region of France. We share the house with another couple, and there are three or four other houses in…

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