Materfamilias Writes

My Hair’s Not Introverted!

My Hair’s Not Introverted!

 I’m off to my stylist’s today and will be getting this mane evened out a bit, my regular 6-week trim and colour adjustment.  . . About a year ago, having realized how often my head…

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Leaning In . . . or Thinking About It

Leaning In . . . or Thinking About It

If a friend hadn’t pressed Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In on me, hadn’t insisted on lending me her copy, I wouldn’t have read the book. There’s just so much else to read, after all, and I had…

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A Whistler Weekend and a Book Recommendation

A Whistler Weekend and a Book Recommendation

I had such a lovely weekend with four of my sisters and my sister-in-law up at Whistler. I hadn’t been up to this ski resort for 15 years, despite it being only a 90-minute drive…

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Joys of Jet Lag — The Short List!

Joys of Jet Lag — The Short List!

 As you can see, I’m not yet over the jet lag, but that does have the advantage of allowing me to watch a sunrise from start to finish.  We’re nestling back into the home routine,…

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This and That, gardens and blogging friends and reading. . .

This and That, gardens and blogging friends and reading. . .

I’ve been busy writing another post about my history in French,part of a proposed continuing series that so far is hitting a high of one post a year. . . .I’m hoping to get it…

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