Materfamilias Writes

Kellerman’s Bones, Flynn’s Knife, and Wiseman’s Crackpot

Kellerman’s Bones, Flynn’s Knife, and Wiseman’s Crackpot

I wonder if I’m doomed to keep apologizing for cursory posts here — I do hope that, once I’ve got these two conferences behind me, I’ll be able to be a bit more expansive here,…

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Shopping with Nola

Shopping with Nola

I warned you, didn’t I, that I’d come back from Vancouver with all kinds of Nola pictures. Well, I’m still over here, and I’m already foisting them on you. But I managed to sneak a…

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Potpourri — mystery, chicklit, memoirs, theory

Potpourri — mystery, chicklit, memoirs, theory

Okay, this is going to be one of those quick catch-up posts — if I have a minute, one of these days I’ll take a photo or two of the stacks and stacks of unreads…

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Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Right now, my reading is divided primarily between a stack of student essays and, more happily, some guidebooks on London (I’m looking for a decent, affordable place to stay for a few days at the…

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Eating in Paris: the final instalment

Eating in Paris: the final instalment

I’ve browsed my last few posts on eating in Paris to refresh which spots I’ve already mentioned: Christophe’s, le Martignac and le petit Vatel, and l’Avant-Goût (my first post on eating in Paris was much…

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