Materfamilias Writes

Summer in the City (with Occasional Mood Swings)

Summer in the City (with Occasional Mood Swings)

Both busy-ness (bike outings and birthdays and language lessons) and grumpiness have kept me from blogging much this week. I am trying to be positive about living in a non-air-conditioned condo — with a bank…

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Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

 I realized last week that I haven’t done much (hardly any!) of the sketching I thought I’d find time for during this confinement, so I unearthed a mini watercolour sketchbook and decided to try filling…

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Monday, Against the Self-Critic. . . Try a Little Tenderness. . .

Monday, Against the Self-Critic. . . Try a Little Tenderness. . .

I’m finding it shockingly easy this Monday morning to be hard on myself. So I’m mustering a little resistance, and you’re my witnesses. Let’s be kind to ourselves, shall we? Hard on myself? A plethora…

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Maybe I’m Comin’ Around . . .

Maybe I’m Comin’ Around . . .

With apologies to Steve Earle. . . and with many thanks to you for your empathy. . . Thought it might reassure you to know that I sketched a page in my journal yesterday. It…

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Colour in the City

Colour in the City

 I’ve just had two wonderful days in the small city that was home for thirty years; I even went over to the little island where we lived, on a waterfront property, for over twenty years.…

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