Materfamilias Writes

Getting Dressed (and Beginning to Pack!) as the Weather Cools and the World Turns . . .

Getting Dressed (and Beginning to Pack!) as the Weather Cools and the World Turns . . .

So, you might have read in earlier posts that we’ve made plans to head to Europe in a few weeks. I’m not saying much about that here yet, simply because travel is still fraught these…

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Dresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas

Dresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas

(Subtitle: Retail Therapy and Dressing for the Online Gatherings. . . . Alternate subtitle: Justifying unnecessary purchases during a Covid December) Whether it’s another effect of the pandemic restrictions or not, I’ve been finding that…

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Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

First of all, wanting to do my small part (la philosophie du colibri/legend of the hummingbird) to keep the #BlackLivesMatter movement centered, to keep those Black Lives Mattering, I recommend the Netflix series The Eddy.…

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More Italian Style, From Vancouver. . .

More Italian Style, From Vancouver. . .

In case you’re wondering, my daughter’s family in Rome is now to their home, along with the rest of Italy, asked (ordered) not to go out except if necessary for work, for health reasons, or…

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Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Consider this for Slow Fashion: This coat (which I shared my sketch of in this post) is over 50 years old. . . .  Ever since that conversation we had about Slow Fashion (or better…

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