Materfamilias Writes

Of Gifts, Friendship, Snail Mail, and SerendipiTea

Of Gifts, Friendship, Snail Mail, and SerendipiTea

 As I alluded to, partially and briefly,  in an earlier post, I’ve been thinking lately about the ways that our capitalist economy conditions us to evaluate our activities, the use of our time, our “production,”…

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A Tea-Drinking, (Virtual) Pub-Visiting OOTD — Yes, I’ve Been Shopping. . .

A Tea-Drinking, (Virtual) Pub-Visiting OOTD — Yes, I’ve Been Shopping. . .

While I’ve been sipping and sketching and writing about tea, I’ve been wearing a new pair of pants that I love. Want to see? Wide-wale cord in a glorious colour — striking, but goes with…

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Tea Time in my Personal Journal Pages, A Little Project Evolving. . . .

Tea Time in my Personal Journal Pages, A Little Project Evolving. . . .

A week ago I was maundering and wittering here about whether or not I was wasting my time when I engaged in the child’s play of cutting, pasting, drawing, and painting.  My bigger concern, truly,…

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Snowy Outside, Book-ish Inside. . . .

Snowy Outside, Book-ish Inside. . . .

Today’s post is a Two-For-One! As I announced in January, I’m going to experiment this year with including my Reading Blog posts here, trying to decide if, eventually, I might merge the two.  But knowing…

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Of Moods and Journals and Discerning Worth . . . You Know, the little questions . . .

Of Moods and Journals and Discerning Worth . . . You Know, the little questions . . .

This morning, I’ve been knitting the head of a small toy mouse. I’ve done a 45-minute workout, following a “Circuit” my trainer sent me electronically, and I’ve got a bowl of sourdough autolysing in the…

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