Materfamilias Writes

Art and Architecture to lift your Monday Spirits

Art and Architecture to lift your Monday Spirits

As I begin preparing for another trip (countdown has begun for when I will get to hear a certain Four roll her Italian Rrrrs in person rather than on a Facetime screen), I realize how…

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When Life Gives You Lemons. . .

When Life Gives You Lemons. . .

Okay, that’s a deceptive title. No need for lemonade-making here at the moment, except that we have an imminent departure of a beloved visitor on our horizon and she’s heading to that Land Where Lemons…

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Back to Edinburgh, a Retrospective Visit . . .

Back to Edinburgh, a Retrospective Visit . . .

Still dark outside as I put the last touches on this post and get ready to publish it. I’m sitting on the couch, a wool blanket tucked over my legs as the room gradually warms…

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Random Abundance on a Monday. . . Travel Wardrobe, Portrait of a Celebrity, Stairwell Art. . .

Random Abundance on a Monday. . . Travel Wardrobe, Portrait of a Celebrity, Stairwell Art. . .

OOTD Selfie taken on a train   I’m off to celebrate an ex-colleague’s retirement — my first time back to campus since I retired over three years ago now. I’m taking advantage of the jaunt over…

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Journal Pages — Paris Purchases, Sketched near Rome. . .

Journal Pages — Paris Purchases, Sketched near Rome. . .

Back home almost a week now, I’m beginning to sleep a bit better (5 1/2 hours in one stretch last night, the most continuous sleep in weeks), and I’m settling back into a very pleasant…

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