Materfamilias Writes

Christmas shopping

Christmas shopping

So there’s me, Saturday morning, heading out for some Christmas shopping. Flat boots so I can put in the shopping miles comfortably, light coat which will break the wind and fend off the rain but…

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Weekend fun and a Blog Link or Two

Weekend fun and a Blog Link or Two

Another fun but busy weekend in Vancouver. Dinner in Friday night, thanks to Pater — and he’d picked up Disc 3 of Season 2, Heroes. Ah, the vegging night! Perfect. Saturday, we each had a…

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now that was a weekend!

now that was a weekend!

This photo, which has nothing to do with this post, was taken in Lisbon this summer, near the Praca Rossio. I’m including it ’cause I think you need a visual and I’ve got nothing else…

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Back-to-school shoes

Back-to-school shoes

A colleague (at another university) was telling me this summer that she and her female teaching cohort advise their new academic sisters to wear some kind of a “power heel” for their first forays at…

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take one down, pass it around, too many bottles of . . . water?

take one down, pass it around, too many bottles of . . . water?

I’m trying to write a little piece on style/fashion, but I’m rethinking and revising and cutting out big sections, so it will be a while. Meanwhile, I noticed this in this morning’s news and am…

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