Materfamilias Writes

End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

End of Summer Tears, Remembering Rome, Remembering Paris, Remembering Me. . .

As I ready myself for Summer’s freer schedule being swapped out for Fall’s more rigorous pace, what I’m really lamenting — besides not having picked a single bowl of blackberries this year! — is how…

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Doors of Peschici

Doors of Peschici

You’ll have noticed that I’m trying to bring my blog back home, so that some of last week’s Five Things Fridaywere pictures of how the garden is doing after its month of neglect, and of…

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Travel Woes — The Lost Luggage Blues and Why I Go Carry-On Only

Travel Woes — The Lost Luggage Blues and Why I Go Carry-On Only

 It was my daughter’s birthday yesterday, and we all hoped that Alitalia might give her the gift of returning the luggage she checked three weeks ago. To be fair, she didn’t check it with Alitalia,…

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And Food You Can’t Bring Home . . .

And Food You Can’t Bring Home . . .

 In yesterday’s post, I detailed the Fava Bean Saladthat we enjoyed several times in Bordeaux and will now be reproducing as closely as possible back home on our West Coast Island. But some foods enjoyed…

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London Street Art, a Tiny, Random Sample

London Street Art, a Tiny, Random Sample

We are still in Bordeaux, cycling today to the market in s pretty town about 30 miles from here along a very pleasant route we rode last year. This year, we’ll remember the sun screen…

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