Materfamilias Writes

Two Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Two Impossible Things Before Breakfast

 I have reason to believe this blog will look very different, very soon. Yes, I had thought that might be so earlier this week, but I under-estimated how many small steps there were that required…

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Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

I was halfway through a post about the lead-up — the Advent — to this Christmas, this holiday season in which Covid-19 has toppled all our expectations. . .  I’d included some laments but moved…

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What a Week — A De-Briefing Potpourri

What a Week — A De-Briefing Potpourri

  Whew! What a week this has been! Tuesday, I was so scrambled that I dialled into my Wednesday night Italian class — a few minutes early, as usual — and found myself the only…

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Money Memoir. . . Stories from Childhood. . .

Money Memoir. . . Stories from Childhood. . .

Here’s the excerpt I referred to last post, from Carmen Machado’s brave and moving memoir about a passionate lesbian love that slid confusingly into abuse, that left her disoriented and doubting herself, the experience exacerbated…

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Dusting off the Archives . . . Blast from the Past

Dusting off the Archives . . . Blast from the Past

Thanks for the thoughtful and thought-provoking comments in response to my last post. I’m not done with this topic (of responsible consumerism in all its complications) yet, and I hope to chat about it with…

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