Materfamilias Writes

What I Wear While Packing . . .

What I Wear While Packing . . .

Packing and sketching clothes for travel, wearing what’s going to be left behind. So, really, two different Summer Capsule Wardrobes . . . What I Wore and What I’m Going to Wear . . .

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Plans Gone Awry — Again!

Plans Gone Awry — Again!

Not my travel plans, this time, but someone whose disrupted plans affected my stay-at-home-alone plans. Curious to know whether/how I made room for a smidgin of my own “stuff” in a Full House? Read on. . . click through . . .

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Peek in my Sketch Journal

Peek in my Sketch Journal

A few recent sketches and accompanying text from my journal. Care to peek over my shoulder? Click through, thank you!

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Birthdays, Mothers, Lilacs, Remembered

Birthdays, Mothers, Lilacs, Remembered

Lilacs carry a childhood memory for me, as they did for my mother. And each May, as they bloom around Mother’s Day and my birthday, the memories stir again, evoked by fragrance, by tiny blossoms clustered against the sky.

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More Solo-Travel Notes (and Two Sketches) from Lisbon

More Solo-Travel Notes (and Two Sketches) from Lisbon

A few more images from my Lisbon hotel AND a peek in my travel sketch journal.

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