Materfamilias Writes

Where’s that Light? of Long Lists and Dark Tunnels and Encouraging Rewards and Pacing

Where’s that Light? of Long Lists and Dark Tunnels and Encouraging Rewards and Pacing

Throwback Thursdays are a thing, I’m sure you know, and today I’m taking advantage of the meme for a quick post that not only takes me back to my January-February trip to Rome (the city…

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Out with the Old, In with the New (Someday Soon, Please?)

Out with the Old, In with the New (Someday Soon, Please?)

Notice something missing? My favourite reading chair and matching ottoman were hauled off to the back of a neighbour’s truck yesterday — this move is happening!  Duchesse asked, in the comments section of the last…

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Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

If you’ve been reading here for any time at all, you probably know that I run regularly, but in the light of my recent post contemplating whether I could benefit from doing 20% less, I…

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That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

While I’m trying to decide how much of my daughter’s advice (20% less effort!) I should apply to blogging and the other activities in my life, I’ll just post this Portrait of a Lady (speculated…

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A little Melancholy, and its Antidote, in Rome

A little Melancholy, and its Antidote, in Rome

A very quick post to keep the solo travel picture honest. I’ll write more about this later, but for now let me just say that this morning was tough, at least tough in the admitted…

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