Materfamilias Writes

Night into Day, Dark into Light . . .

Night into Day, Dark into Light . . .

So many of you offered solace or insight at my recent post disclosing a patch of sadness I’ve been going through as a late-middle-aged mother and daughter. I’m happy to note that the breach in…

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Working to the Light

Working to the Light

Still working to find the happy. And it’s here, in small doses, if I look hard. Light on the horizon and all that. Evidence that even in winter there will be life — these Mahonia…

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Fog and Gateways and Life, Moving on . . .

Fog and Gateways and Life, Moving on . . .

All through the night, the freighter sitting within a few hundred metres of my bedroom has been sounding its foghorn. This is a very loud foghorn. Luckily, I was tired enough that I slept through…

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A Different View From Here — Reno Drama

A Different View From Here — Reno Drama

Lest the whole opera thing is fooling you that I live a terribly glam life (ha!), here’s the current view from my kitchen — if one looks up. That’s a lot of sky, eh? Great…

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