Materfamilias Writes

A Memoir of Love and Grief: The Bereavement Phase of a Marriage

A Memoir of Love and Grief: The Bereavement Phase of a Marriage

Photo courtesy of an interview for the VIUPoints feature in a recent issue of Vancouver Island University’s online magazine I want to say a few words about a very special book I’ve just finished, and I’ve…

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Bread-Making, Old-School, Artisan, and Beginner’s Luck . . .

Bread-Making, Old-School, Artisan, and Beginner’s Luck . . .

I asked my maternal grandmother once what her childhood Christmasses were like, whether, on the farm in a deep Manitoba cold just into the 20th century, she had received many, or any, gifts. Sometimes an…

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Say It With Flowers: Happy Easter!

Say It With Flowers: Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you! I’m illustrating my sentiments with a  photo of a vase left by my mother — who died five years ago yesterday,  on Easter Sunday — filled with a few…

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Spring-ing Up, a Busy March. . .

Spring-ing Up, a Busy March. . .

 Next week, posts on my bread-making (with links to a Sourdough Bread recipe) and on my newly completed Birkin sweater (shown in yesterday’s Instagram post), but for today I just want to get us outside,…

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Weekend Joys, Sparking Joys: A little (un) Kondo Condo Decor . . .

Weekend Joys, Sparking Joys: A little (un) Kondo Condo Decor . . .

What a weekend! We loved the Vancouver Opera Festival’s fresh production of The Marriage of Figaro; it was grand to have my GF check out our guest facilities here and to have two good long morning chats…

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