Materfamilias Writes

Paris and Poppies and a Pondering or Two. . . .

Paris and Poppies and a Pondering or Two. . . .

Sunny today again, and again the thermometer will climb into the low 20s. Very pleasant. Warmer than it was last week when I wore this comfortable combo.  Yeah, I might be guilty of defaulting to…

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Instead of Sicily. . . .

Instead of Sicily. . . .

This would have been our fourth week in Sicily. We’d just be settling into our AirBnB in Palermo, getting ready to explore the famed markets of that Mediterranean city. We’d be tracking the progress of…

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Retirement Move, Interrupted. . . . Or, After Covid, Portugal.. .

Retirement Move, Interrupted. . . . Or, After Covid, Portugal.. .

I can’t remember how or when I twigged to an impending retirement move by a frequent reader/commenter, here. But it didn’t take long for that move, in all its complexities and joys and losses and…

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Paris: Journal, Art, Style Inspiration. . . .

Paris: Journal, Art, Style Inspiration. . . .

This post will deliver what I promised in my last post; whether it will deliver on the title’s promise might be debatable. Think snippets. . . . This afternoon, in a trajectory I attempted to…

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Time, Travel. . . Back to Paris While Sheltering in Place. . . Art for the Spirit

Time, Travel. . . Back to Paris While Sheltering in Place. . . Art for the Spirit

This photo of American artist Kiki Smith’s stunning tapestries displayed in a sumptuous room in Paris’s La Monnaie has garnered more “likes” on my Instagram feedthan anything else I’ve ever posted, by far. and it…

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