Materfamilias Writes

La Rentrée . . . and Look What’s Coming. . .

La Rentrée . . . and Look What’s Coming. . .

I’m working to jiggle back towards a Fall schedule after a few weeks of local travel (our son and daughter-in-law’s place in Victoria, visiting girlfriends in Nanaimo, an anniversary weekend with my favourite guy on…

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Walking Art-fully in Vancouver — Exercise Your Legs, Broaden Your Vision

Walking Art-fully in Vancouver — Exercise Your Legs, Broaden Your Vision

    Last post, I asked you to spot the red sculpture in the photo above — see? there, behind the second tree on the left of the path. . .   I’d noticed it myself…

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Back to Bordeaux . . .

Back to Bordeaux . . .

An old door in notre quartier (our neighbourhood). . . Bordeaux, 2016 A busy week here —  My schedule always seems full enough already, but I had to add a few more items to the…

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Quick Getaway, With Kayaks (and a bit of Fear that snuck into my packing). . .

Quick Getaway, With Kayaks (and a bit of Fear that snuck into my packing). . .

We were away most of this last week — barely two hours driving, another 40 minutes on a ferry, and we were at the edge of an inlet, our backs against a treed rocky hillside,…

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Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

First of all, wanting to do my small part (la philosophie du colibri/legend of the hummingbird) to keep the #BlackLivesMatter movement centered, to keep those Black Lives Mattering, I recommend the Netflix series The Eddy.…

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