Materfamilias Writes

End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

As I ready myself for Summer’s freer schedule being swapped out for Fall’s more rigorous pace, what I’m really lamenting — besides not having picked a single bowl of blackberries this year! — is how…

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Memory, Its Changing Role, at A Certain Age

Memory, Its Changing Role, at A Certain Age

Lately, I’ve been fascinated by a changing awareness of memory and how it’s working at this stage of my life. To be precise about “this stage,” I’ve just turned 61. My mother died shortly before…

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Can I ever catch up?

Can I ever catch up?

Trying to get back to book-blogging. First stop, recognizing that I have a Draft post that I never managed to press “publish” on. So here’s a start on 2014, except that it’s still teetering on…

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Important Visitors

Important Visitors

I apologize for the radio silence, and I assure you we will be back to regular programming as soon as possible. It has been a very busy week with 3 young visitors. We brought our…

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Sneezing and Street Art and Travel . . .

Sneezing and Street Art and Travel . . .

My big commitment of the day seems to be seeing how many times one can sneeze consecutively without imploding. So far, I’m at 12 times, and I’m wondering what other stages this cold will reveal.…

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