Materfamilias Writes

Bordeaux Beauty Remembered — Street Art and Slowing Down and Other Sundry Messages

Bordeaux Beauty Remembered — Street Art and Slowing Down and Other Sundry Messages

My puttering toward creative traction this week (see previous post) has included sorting through the “random abundance” of digital photos in my files (“ridiculous abundance” might be a more fitting description).  I was doing this…

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The Sidewalks of Bordeaux (A Social Introvert Looks Back)

The Sidewalks of Bordeaux (A Social Introvert Looks Back)

Much as I enjoy our conversations, I’ve been bumping molecules with people in my more immediate vicinities this past week.  Five separate visits with six different friends (one couple accounts for the math) plus a…

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Eating There, Eating Here. . . .Reality Check Post-Travel. . .

Eating There, Eating Here. . . .Reality Check Post-Travel. . .

Plunged right back into family activities this week — my son and daughter-in-law have been in town this week with their Four and One, and although they didn’t stay with us, we’ve been caught up…

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Home and Thinking about Clever Cartoons and How To Draw Horses

Home and Thinking about Clever Cartoons and How To Draw Horses

I’m settling happily back in, chez nous, but I’m holding off a bit on blogpost-writing because of both my current familiarity with the wee hours (thank you, jet lag!) and a determination to keep “the…

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What I Wore (and Saw, and Did) in Bordeaux Sunshine. . .

What I Wore (and Saw, and Did) in Bordeaux Sunshine. . .

Blues last week (and again, thank you for the responses, and for the conversation — which continues), Fava Beans on the weekend. . . Seems about time for an outfit post, right? Trying to mix it…

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