Materfamilias Writes

Keeping it Real — What I Wore on the Mountain . . .

Keeping it Real — What I Wore on the Mountain . . .

I must admit that I’ve become increasingly less interested in the Visibility Project, as I’ll call it, on a variety of blogs. Jennifer and I talked about the What I Wore phenomenon when we were…

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Ups and Downs, Fears and Summits. . .

Ups and Downs, Fears and Summits. . .

 A few weeks ago, we attempted this hike, but stopped about 20 minutes from the summit, when my fear of heights smashed me into a crying jag. We snuck up on the summit from a…

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Excellent Guests. . . . and Why I Run! And Why I Won’t. . .

Excellent Guests. . . . and Why I Run! And Why I Won’t. . .

My daughter and granddaughter came for a visit last Friday, and my son-in-law joined us on Saturday. Sunday morning, I headed out for my run after cuddling and laughing with little Harriet. Each loop of…

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Divertissements . . . .

Divertissements . . . .

 Sometimes one just has to look determinedly in a happy direction. . . .These miniature irises, for example, are good for the eye to focus on, even shielded as they’ve had to be, against the…

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In the Running . . .

In the Running . . .

Here’s an enlarged cropped photo my husband took with his cellphone as I ran past him about 300 metres from the Finish Line of the Vancouver First Half Marathon this morning. I was surfing a…

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